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odrota (n) chase
odru (n) buffalo eg Odru fu Anira ni te/ Odru fu Anera ni te! = A buffalo killed Anira (who thought he knew it all)/ Anera (who thought she had seen it all)/ Listen to advice! [Lugbara Proverbs]
odrua (n) small buffalo, motorcycle
odrukudru (n) toad, frog (also odrukodru)
odu (v) soak, wet; (n) oil (also petroli), vaseline (also odu efizaru), lotion
odukudu (n) cockroach
ofa (n) scrap, (v) scrape, remove or cut grass with a hoe, remove or cut hair
ofaza (n) removal, scraping
ofe (v) pay
ofenga (n) payment (also ofeta, ofeza)
ofi (v) enter
ofisa (n) officer
ofisa aipi (n) prayer officer
ofisi (n) office eg Rowulandi ni ofisi-a. = Rowland is in the office.
ofo (n) tick (also oga)
ofono (n) big-size half litre Ofwono soda inspired by Ofwono, the Tallest Ugandan in the 2000s (also ofuwono)
ofu (n) kind of white ant (also ifu); leprosy, (v) release, bring out, exchange, kill; become pale (clothes) eg Beni Ha ma andri azini amvi esu ofu aru-a. = Ben Hur's mother and sister got leprosy in prison.
ofu ojo (n) herbs
Ofude Hills (n) mountain ranges near Mt. Wati, viewable from Kololo in Maracha
Ofunyaru (n) leper Madi woman in Lugbara mythology whom Banyale met on Mt. Wati and conceived Angundru with
ofuruso (n) lather, foam
ofusara (n) mist, fog
ofuta (n) ash; release, bringing out, exchange, killing (also ofuza)
ofutaku (n) ingredient produced by burning dried bean pods, banana peelings, etc and mixing the ash with water before sieving to produce a brown liquid used to cook greens like osubi. It maintains their green chlorophyll colour
ofutaru (adj) ashy
ofuza (n) production
oga (v) crawl, hatch, stop; (n) tick (also ogalili), big man (borrowed from the Igbo language of Nigeria)
oga ci ma ejea (n) style of bicycle riding through the frame and under the crossbar especially by short or young people without occupying the seat (also oga ci ma loma-a [literally The tick has bitten me in the abdomen/ rib])
ogara (n) axe
ogara'ba (n) English, Europeans, inspired by the concept of hard-handed rulers (literally axe person, axe people)
ogata (n) crawling, hatching, stopping (also ogaza)
ogayi (n) basket
ogba (v) beat eg with stick, draw
ogbe (v) vomit (also gbe)
ogbeta (n) vomiting (also ogbeza)
ogbi (v) shoot
ogbo (n) zero, nil
ogbuluku (n) large black bird, type of safari ant
ogea (n) big basket used for harvests eg Oku ini 'du ogea. = A blackwoman carried a basket for harvests.
ogogo (prep) near
Ogoko (n) place northeast of Madi Okollo, southwest of Rhino Camp, fairly central headquarters for Madi Okollo District
ogu (n) waist, back of the body, theft; liver, (v) laugh; steal
ogua (adv) on the back, (n) seat, chair (also 'bili, kiti, kome)
ogulegu (n) small ant
ogunga (n) throne, seat, chair (also kome, kiti)
oguo (n) thief eg Sende oguo ni mu Aci inyupiku ri-a. = A money thief goes to Hell.
oguoei (n) chairman eg Draga ni oguoei. = Draga is chairman.
oguru (n) boat (also o'bo)
Ogurugu (n) place in Dadamu (Arua City) near Otokoa Market with a resort beach, village in Enugu State (Nigeria) where Igala is one of the ethnic communities
oguta (n) laughter