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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