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matemvu (n) drunkard (pronounced matenvu) |
matu (n) misery, sadness, sorrow (also candi) |
matunda (n) passion fruit eg Amambazi ni matunda mvu. = Amama Mbabazi is drinking passion fruit. |
maua (n) flower (also mawa) eg Saroni 'ba maua ima dribi-a. = Sharon put a flower in her hair. |
mavu (postp) to me, with me |
mawa (n) flower (also mawua) eg E ka 'ba iri ne leta-a, i'be mawa! = When you see two lovers, throw flowers! [Indian Proverb] |
Maye! (interj) Oh my, Oh no, I'm sorry! (Bambi in Luganda) |
Mayokia (n) female-given name meaning "Let them say" eg Mayokia ni imbapi. = Mayokia is a teacher. |
mayuni (n) yam (also ayu, gurunya, girinya, likinya) eg Sitela ni mayuni le. = Stella is like a yam. |
maza (adj) rotten, decayed |
mazipani (n) marzipan eg Keki 'di 'ba a'bu mazipani si. = This cake was covered with marzipan. |
mba (adj) tough, hard (also mbazaru); real, true (also adada); (n) month, moon; (v) lay ambush, toughen, harden, grow |
mba azo (n) monthly period (literally month sickness) |
mba o'du (n) day of the month eg Ma osi mba o'du 7 (aziri) Yanuari si! = I was born on 7th January! |
mba'bu (n) guinea pig |
mbasala (n) onion |
mbata (n) duck |
mbata asea ri (n) goose |
mbawu (n) wood (also mbau) eg Asiru ni mbawu ra bongo alea aci iduzu. = Asiru is wrapping wood inside a cloth for lighting up a fire. |
mbaza (n) old person, elder(s) |
mbe (v) lick |
mbele (adj) quick eg Lionelu Mesi (avita 123-a) ni Agu mupira tupi Golo 100 supi Mbele ndeni UEFA Camupionizi Ligi-a. = Lionel Messi (in 123 games) is the Quickest Player to score 100 Goals in the UEFA Champions League. |
mbele mbele (adv) quickly (also mbeleko cici) |
mbembe (n) irish potatoes (also mgbemgbe, ayirisi) |
mbeta (n) ring, like empeta in Luganda |
mbi (v) have sex or sexual intercourse, fuck, make love, copulate, mate, bonk, shaft eg 'Ba mbi mba o'du 1 Mba 7 si! = Let us have sex on 1st July! |
mbili (adj) sharp (like a needle) |
Mbindru (n) natural crater near Banyale's grave with waters nearby that natives claim have never dried |
mbiri (adj) many, a lot |
mbo (adj) open (also mgbo, mgboru) |
mboloru (adj) clear |
mbu (v) jump (also embu, imbu) |
mbumbu (n) bomb |
Mbumbu (n) waterfalls in Zombo under the custody of Lendu, Kebu and Alur, Ngbungbu Falls |
mburu drika (n) mushroom that grows near anthill (also mburu idrika) |
mburufu (adj) big eg Mobutu ma ale mburufu. = Mobutu has a pot belly. |
mbusua nyanya si (n) pussy with tomato, Lugbara style of having sex while kissing |
me (n) bleat of a goat (also mee) |
medali (n) medal eg Kipurotici isu medali Landani-a. = Kiprotich received a medal in London. |
MegaWati (n) MegaWatt, MW eg Karuma Damu ni aci ofu MegaWati 600. = Karuma Dam releases 600 MW of electricity. |
Meka (n) Mecca, Holiest Place in Islam |
Mekisiko (n) Mexico |
mele (n) gold (also goludi, dahabu borrowed from dhahabu in Swahili language) eg Yohana Akibua (1972) azini Dokasi Inzikuru (2005) ndeki Yuganda ma mele oko ongu nzuta ni. = John Akii Bua (1972) and Dorcus Inzikuru (2005) won Uganda's first athletics gold. |
memba koloseni (n) member of parliament, MP eg Benadi Atiku ni Memba Koloseni "Ayivu County" niri. = Benard Atiku is the MP of Ayivu County. |
Meme (n) superhuman Lugbara shero ancestor, first woman in Lugbara mythology who bore twins: a boy and girl, name means "the person who came alone" |
memvu (n) bananas (pronounced menvu, also bogoya) |
Meneliki (n) Menelik, son of King Solomon and Queen Sheba who brought the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia |
menemene (adj) soft (also moimoi) |
mengu (n) mango (also muyembe) eg Esita ni mengu oji beseni-a. = Esther is washing a mango in a basin. |
menora (n) Jewish candlestick that holds seven candles, menorah |
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