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madri ri (pron) mine (also mani) |
mafaranga (n) francs, money used in Rwanda and France |
magadi (n) used in place of salt and got from water like at Kibiro on the Northern shores of Lake Albert, got its name from Lake Magadi in Tanzania |
magendo (n) smuggling, black market |
Magendo Pari (n) Magendo Park, place in Arua Hill Cell, loading park that used to be off Nebbi Highway before Sambia where URA and the Courts Building are now located |
magineti (n) magnet |
maiki (n) microphone, Public Address System (also maikirofoni, guke) eg Eri maiki ayu "Maracha Action For Development (MAFORD)" ma mitingi-a. = S/he is using a microphone in the Maracha Action For Development (MAFORD) meeting. |
mailo (n) mile |
mailo ma o'biza (n) mile measurement, scale |
mairungi (n) small leaves of a shrub plant eaten by all ages for leisure, sometimes with chewing gum though discouraged, internationally known as khat or ghati on the streets, ebikola in Luganda |
majani (n) tea leaves |
majesitreti (n) magistrate |
majini (n) jinn spirit eg A ka enya nya augbe si, 'ba 'yo ma ayu majini! = When I eat food with eggs, they say I used a jinn spirit! |
maka (n) charcoal eg Maka Cuu ni Silamu ma Nyadri Pari azini Hoteli Royolu vu. = The Charcoal Market is near the Muslim Graveyard and Hotel Royal. |
makanika (n) mechanic |
makasi (n) pair of scissors eg Diyo ni makasi ayu baka lizu. = Diyo is using scissors to cut a rope. |
makuroni (n) macaroni, spaghetti, Santa Lucia |
Malaba (n) marketplace in West Nile, town and URA Customs Entry Point in Eastern Uganda on the border with Kenya near Busia |
malaika (n) angel (also malayika) eg Sipiriti Fama ni malaika ma azi nga. = Spirit FM does the work of angels. |
malaja (n) malice, bad heart (also asi onzi) |
malakuwanga (n) type of greens popular among the Luo, malakwang |
malaya (n) prostitute (also oku ali o'bapi tu, awuo) eg Ohola, Delila, Jezebeli, Rahabu, Goma, Meri (Mariamu), Oku Samaria-a ri azini Sanita (Ini Onzi) malaya yi. = Oholah, Delilah, Jezebel, Rahab, Gomer, Mary, Samaritan woman and Shanita (Bad Black) are prostitutes. |
mali (n) wealth, money, gold eg mali nyakua = land wealth, earthly riches eg Mansa Musa ma mali andra angiri eli 1300 (alifu alu turu na) yi si. = Mansa Musa's wealth was a lot sometime back in the 1300s. |
Mali (n) Mali nation in West Africa eg Halima Sise engazu Mali osi anzi oromi paale alu Moroko-a eli 2021 si. = Halima Cisse from Mali gave birth to nine children (nonuplets) at once in Morocco during the year 2021. |
Maliko (n) female-given name meaning "The mother's nominal husband and family has nothing to offer her parents" or simply "No wealth" |
MALUCUFO (abbr) Madi-Lugbara Cultural Foundation |
Malunga (n) male-given name meaning "Let them look/ see!" |
mama (n) mother eg Judith Nafula kini YESU omve eri Mama Maria. = Judith Nafula said JESUS called her Mother Mary. |
mandili (n) napkin, handkerchief (also kitambala) |
maneno (n) wahala, problems (borrowed from Swahili), shida |
mangada (n) tangerine eg Aci dra 'bo, ama di mangada mbe-i. = Electricity has gone off already, so we are eating tangerines instead. |
Mangbetu (n) tribe in Northeastern DR Congo |
mani (adj) my, for me eg Ayiko mani ci, YESU oji onzi mani. = There is happiness for me, JESUS washed my sins. |
mani lele tu (adj) beloved (literally the object I love much) |
mani ri (n) darling, mine |
mania (n) small black seed like chia |
manio (n) bull |
manya (n) monitor lizard, alligator |
mapu (n) map |
mara (n) glass, window (also derisa, dinisa), mirror, spectacles, goggles, (eye)glasses, shades eg Asanzeru su Aviata etumara. = Asanzeru wore Aviator sunglasses. |
maraca (n) gourdshaped rattle which appears in many genres of Carribean and Latin rhythm music, percussion musical instrument that you shake with stones like pebbles or seeds such as beans rattling against a hollow container attached to a short stick handle, r(h)umba shakers played as part of a pair, chac-chac, tamaracas, popular Mexican instrument that can be heard in some mariachi songs, originated from various places around the world (like Central Chile, pre-colonial Brazil, Puerto Rico and West Africa) eg Lopezi ni maraca iri ya. = Lopez is shaking two marachas. |
Maraca (n) Maracha, Lugbara clan represented by a grasshopper or locust i.e. kulu emblem, jurisdiction less than an hour by car north of Arua City with headquarters in Nyadri Town, became independent as a district from a 2006 merger with Terego which returned to Arua in 2010, starts after Lokiragodo, east of DR Congo, south of Koboko, southwest from Yumbe, west of Terego, represented by the initials MRC, village in Dadamu Subcounty of Arua District near Arua Airport |
Maraca kiti (n) Maracha summer lounge chairs |
Marakana (n) Maracana Stadium found in Brazil, one of the Biggest Football Venues on Earth with a capacity of over 100,000 spectators and hosted the 2014 World Cup Final match |
Marakesi (n) Marrakesh, town in Morocco |
marani (n) soldier, watchman (also asikari) |
mare (n) side blown trumpet made from a gourd and wooden tube blown through the hole in the gourd with the wooden tube pointing downward or under the left arm, smeared inside with bee wax |
mari (n) debt (also deni, deno) |
Mariko (n) name meaning "No debt" |
marijuana (n) hemp, plant leaf with serrated edges considered a drug |
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