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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 eg Kabaka ni makanika. = Kabaka is a 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 (pronounced MALUCHUFO) |
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. |
Mambetu (n) Mangbetu tribe in Northeastern DR Congo where an elongated skull like Mayans or Yucatans is esteemed as an ideal of prestigious beauty plus intelligence, Nemangbetu language (also Monubutu, Manubetu) |
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. |
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. |
Mara (n) Marah, a place where Israelites found bitter (undrinkable) water according to Exodus 15:23 and grumbled against Moses (who cried out to the LORD and HE showed him a piece of wood which he threw into the water and it became fit for drinking) |
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, tamarac... |
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, ... |
Maraca kiti (n) Maracha summer lounge chairs |
Maraca mukati (n) Maracha bread made by steaming pounded boiled maize seeds in banana leaves |
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) eg Jasinito ni marani. = Jacinto is a watchman. |
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", Mark in the English Bible |
marijuana (n) hemp, plant leaf with serrated edges considered a drug |
mario (n) mahogany (marigo in Aringa) |
maru (n) big white mushrooms that grow near anthills (also maru-idrika) |
masete (n) panga, machete (also saturu) |
masiki (n) mask eg Giyokeresi su masiki omvu dria. = Gyokeres wore a mask on the nose. |
masikiti (n) mosque, masjid (also masijidi) eg Omari ni mu masikiti-a. = Omar is going to the mosque. |
Masindi (n) place in the south of West Nile eg Akiki mu Masindi-a. = Akiiki has gone to Masindi. |
masini (n) machine (also cuma) |
matanga (n) comedic traditional Congolese funeral celebration of deceased persons for three days |
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