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nyanya (n) tomato(es) eg Helena ni nyanya oli. = Helen is cutting tomatoes.
nyanyakubi (n) black and yellow-striped caterpillar with red head
nyanyu nyanyu (adj) flickering, intermittent, (n) blinking lights, indicators
nyaraka'dio (n) shooting star
nyaruganda (n) someone who is half Munyarwanda and half Muganda
Nyaruwanda (n) sb or sth with Rwandese origins, Munyarwanda, Nyaru
nyaza (adj) edible (also nyazaru), (n) eating, consumption
nyeke (n) chin
Nyeri (n) mountain in Moyo 1,403 metres above sea level; 4th Highest in West Nile
nyi (v) clean, mop, stick on sb
nyibiliko (n) injury
nyila (n) shoes (also katara, viato)
nyingiri (adv) in smaller parts
nyiri (adj) tiny, small eg Sende nyiri yo! = There's no small money/ loose change!
nyo (v) break
nyoka (n) condition in which a lineage is dying out and likely to become extinct
Nyoko (n) place after Terego on the Arua-Yumbe Highway, famous primary school by the same name eg Lakuwonyero mu Nyoko Purimari-a. = Lakwonyero went to Nyoko Primary.
nyondo (n) hammer
Nyoro (n) village in Nyadri area, Maracha District some distance before the main town centre when travelling from Arua eg Sida mu Nyoro-a. = Shida has gone to Nyoro.
nyororo (n) chain
nyoza (n) breaking
nyu (v) wither, wilt
Nyu Yoku (n) New York, the Big Apple
Nyu Zilandi (n) New Zealand
nyure (n) cow vaseline mixed with plant oil and smeared on skin
nyuta (n) withering, wilting
nza (v) suffer
nzai (n) type of illegal drug that is planted (pronounced njai) eg 'Ba nzai se sitresi ma e'yosi.= People smoke njai because of stress.
nzarunzaru (n) greens and beans (pronounced njarunjaru) eg Hila ni nzarunzaru nya. = Hila is eating greens and beans.
nzata (n) suffering
nze (v) talk, speak, comb, sneak, subtract, uproot eg ELIZA ni e'yo nze. = ELIZA is talking.
nzenze (n) grasshopper (also ise, kulu)
nzeta (n) combing, sneaking, communicating, communication, subtracting, subtraction, talking, uprooting (also nzeza)
nzi (v) jeer, squeeze, strangle; open eg Sitela nzi bongo ajazu etu-a. = Stella squeezed the clothes for laying in the sun.
nzila (n) road (also gerika)
nzinzi (adj) heavy (also anziza, nzizaru); spotted; (n) jeer (also nziri)
nzita (n) jeering, squeezing, strangling, opening, weight (also nziza)
nzo (v) slip, skid, slide; unshell (eg beanskin) eg Ozilu nzo i-ma kumu si ase dria. = Oezil slid with his knees on the grass.
nzoko (n) tree that can grow on another
nzolonzolo (adj) soft (pronounced njolonjolo, also onukunuru, munimuni)
nzonzo (adj) slippery (also nzolanzola, nzozaru)
nzota (n) slipping, sliding, skidding, unshelling
nzu (n) kind of pumpkin (pronounced nju); (v) run dry, suck, run, ride eg Diago ni gari nzu. = Diago is riding the bicycle.
nzubi (n) distant relatives
Nzuku (n) Gonorrhea, Syphilis (also Oya)
nzuta (n) run, running, athletics, sucking, drying (also nzuza) eg Akibua ma ru ku nzuta si. = Akiibua's name became popular because of athletics.
Oo [shares some words with Uu]
oa (v) stay, reside (also aa, archaic o'a, o-a) eg Purisika ni oa "Above The Low" vu Mvara-a. = Prisca stays near Above The Low in Mvara.
oata (n) stay (also oaza)
obangi (n) golf sport