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ngoli (n) sickle
ngonde (adj) ready eg Pesi ni ngonde. = Pesh is ready.
ngoni (adv, interj) how
Ngoni? (greeting) How are you? (also Azi mi ci! Ngoni ya, Ngoni 'do?), Hello!, Kod'heyo!
ngoti (n) offspring
ngu (v) hate, smell, stink, fatten
nguari? (adv) when?, from where? (also a'dungare, a'dungari?)
ngudrika (n) grass used to make brooms, Guinea grass, green panic grass, megathyrsus maximus, panicum maximum
nguku (n) back eg Indre mi nguku mba! = Watch your back well!
ngulu (adj) together
ngulupi (pron) self eg Su balubu i-ma ngulupi si. = He fixed the bulb by himself.
ngungu (adj) smelly (also nguzaru)
ngurube (v) pig eg Ngurube ma eza alu alu. = Pig meat (pork) is tasty.
ngurunguru (n) complaint(s) (also onota)
nguta (n) hatred
nguvu (n) might
nguzaru (adj) smelly
ni (adv) the one who did sth (n) snake (also ori, uri); (prep) for; (v) know, is eg Tabani si jo 'da ni = Taban is the one who built that house.
niki (v) know (used only for plural subjects)
Nio (n) Lugbara dialect in DR Congo (very similar to Ugandan Lugbara)
niri (prep) for, (suffix) 's (showing possession) eg Golo alu Aseno niri ca FA Kopo eli 2001-si 'duzu ku. = Arsenal's one goal was not enough to lift the 2001 FA Cup.
nita (n) knowledge; ripening
niza (adj) ripe, dark
no (v) roar
Noa (n) Noah, righteous man who built an ark before the Flood that destroyed all evil creatures eg Noa ni Yafeti, Semi azini Hamu ma ati. = Noah is the father of Japheth, Shem and Ham.
noi (adj) slow, sluggish
noti (n) note
noza (n) roaring
ntula (n) green berries
Nubi (adj, n) Nubian tribe
Nubiti (n) Kinubi, Nubian language
nufi (n) greed eg Museveni kini ileni 'ba nufi tro ri ku. = M7 said that he does not like people with greed.
nukuta (n) letter
nukuta akpaza (n) syllable
nusu (n) coin, money, small amount
nya (v) eat eg Nandi nya enya ndi. = Nandi ate food peacefully.
nyadri (n) grave
Nyadri (n) subcounty, city or town (NYC or NYT) considered most central in Maracha because of district administration buildings, Maracha District sometimes referred to by the same name
nyafe (n) weapon, missile
Nyagaki (n) Nyagak, place in Zombo District where there is a series of dams that supply power to West Nile
nyaka (n) foodstuff(s), nyam, emere in Luganda, Essen in German eg E mba nyaka ma ta kilili! = Store foodstuffs well!
nyaka a'diza (n) cuisine, cookery
nyaka 'da (v) fast
nyaka 'daza (n) fasting
nyaka itu-a (n) lunch (also yi ali)
nyaku (n) soil, earth, planet Earth eg Ndege ri nyaku dria Arua-a. = A plane landed on the soil in Arua.
nyaku 'ba (n) national, native(s)
Nyakuni (n) male-given name meaning "For the soil/ earth"
nyamuko (n) wilderness, desert (also angu yikoko), green pastures
Nyanikole (n) Munyankole (also Nikole, Kole), sb from Ankole Kingdom, Lunyankole or Runyankole language (also Nyanikole ti), predominant language spoken west of Buganda near Mbarara City eg Amaniyo oni Nyanikole ti. = Amaniyo learnt Nyankole language.