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olirika (n) wind (in Terego dialect/ also oliriko)
oliza (n) cut
olizaru (adv) cut
olo (v) touch eg A'di ni ma olo ni? Ma ori yo... YESU pa ma 'bo! = Who can touch me? I have no fear... JESUS has saved me!
olokoto (n) lizard
Oloporoporo Yikuru (n) waterfalls in Oluko on River Asa found left off Waterfalls Road, name shortened from Olokoto pororo meaning "Many (red-orange-black) lizards", bought by an American named Mike Elkins
olu (v) lower sth or sb, slope; preach, report, reveal, fall off eg leaves; jatropha eg Fanuelu Onzima olu e'yo ni. = Fanuel Onzima preached the message.
Olu (n) second son of Gboro in Lugbara mythology; brother to Oli, Kibira and Obaru
olubua (n) type of creeping bean
olufe (n) bridge (also alofe); mingling stick
Olufe (n) Oluffe, river on the Koboko Highway after Imve River
Oluko (n) suburb east of Arua City beyond Mvara
oluta (n) preaching (also oluza)
olupi (n) preacher (also olu'ba), catechist
Oluva (n) subcounty north of Adumi and near the DR Congo Border, west of Kijomoro and Aroi
Oluwiyo (n) Olwiyo, place in Nwoya where the Umeme Regional Substation for West Nile is located
oluzaru (adj) sloppy, sloping
omba (n) anger; (v) stiffen, toughen
omba omba (n) edible rats enjoyed mainly in Terego eg Omba omba 'ba esu ngoa? = Where can people find edible rats?
Ombaci (n) suburb connected to Arua City by Rhino Camp Road (after the Airfield Stretch), location of St. Joseph's College for boys only, Arua suburb where former Ugandan President Idi Amin set up the First Earth Satellite Station in East Africa (1976) before Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) removed some of the equipment 40 years later plus where Obote II soldiers massacred civilians in 1985, ward in Koboko District
ombaru (adj) angry
Ombatini (n) place reachable eastwards from Ombaci via Rhino Camp Road eg Adra la sukulu Ombatini-a. = Adra studied in Ombatini.
ombazaru (adj) stiff, tough
ombe (n) neck (also ombele, ombeleko), lick; tie eg Lanesira ombe i-ma dribi riboni yelo si Mba towi-a. = Lanesra tied her hair with a yellow ribbon in May (the fifth month).
ombere (n) lame, disabled person, PWD - Person With Disabilities (also 'ba acoza) eg Hafu Kilo ni ombere. = Half Kilo is a disabled person.
ombeza (n) licking
ombezaru (adj, n) tied, licked
ombi (n) locust
Ombinyiri (n) place in Ayivu
ombizoku (n) large waterbody eg lake (literally locust cannot cross)
Ombizoku Alubati (n) Lake Albert (locally called Mwitanzigye)
Ombokolo (n) place in DRC, Koboko and Mvara (Arua)
ombu (v) jump, hop
ombulu (n) fake money, counterfeit, kiwani
ombuta (n) jump, hopping (also ombuza)
omgbo (n) size, volume
omi (v) press; brain, mind, inner head eg R. Keli kini: O'duko yi ma omi-a 'yo mani ma imu Kanisa-a. = R. Kelly said: Voices in my head be telling me to come to Church.
Omi (n) village on Koboko Highway after Enyau River
omogo (n) vagina, female private part (also rua okuni, oma, angunya in Acholi)
omu (v) visitor, guest; (v) combine; festival eg S.K. ni mu omu-a. = S.K. is going to the festival.
omu inzile inzi (n) esteemed guests, respected visitors (pronounced omu injile inji)
Omugo (n) subcounty in Maracha-Terego, Queen Mother in the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom
omujo (n) guesthouse eg Erina mu Angusara O'di Omujo-a. = Erin is going to New Dawn Guesthouse.
omukua (n) boiled and salted beans eaten as snacks
omunyale (n) refugee (also emunyale) eg Omunyale yi engazu Sawusi Sudani-a apa Yuganda-a. = Refugees from South Sudan fled to Uganda.
omve (v) call (pronounced onve), (tele)phone eg Mi ka golo le, mi omve Niketia-i! = If you want a goal, then call Nketiah!
omvele (adv) called, named, entitled (also omvezaru)
omveta (n) calling (also omveza), call
omvezaru (n) called
omvi (v) reply, return; feel (again), touch (also amvu, omvu) eg Tria omvi zita. = Tria answered the question.