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oku biza (n) wedding
Okuambo (n) village in Kenya Zone where there is a market (Okuambo Cuu) formed by old women on Oluko Road after Mvara Trading Centre
okufuku (n) sth a Lugbara man does to keep his wife forever whether by giving her money support and gifts regularly, providing food and school fees for her children or love foreplay and good sex
Okufura (n) place somewhere after Eruba or Odia Nyadri on Vurra Highway but before Ovisoni meaning "Woman went out; Wife left"
okuku (n) tortoise
okuku nyazari (n) turtle (edible)
okule (n) transfeminine, like a woman eg Kaitilini Jena ni okule. = Caitlyn Jenner is a transfeminine.
Okumbarindu (n) name meaning "A real woman (or wife) is different" eg Burenda ma ru aziri Okumbarindu. = Brenda's other name is Okumbarindu.
Okuvu (n) place in Maracha meaning "From or with woman", Lugbara Church in Kinawataka - Mbuya started under a jambula tree in 1976 with eight members by Neria Olua, now St. Paul's Church of Uganda. Because of outreaches, other Lugbara churches emerged eg Beteli, Abiribani, Kagave, Namanve, Kajjansi, Namasuba, Buziga, Entebbe and St. Francis Chapel Makerere University (Over 24 COU points between Entebbe and Kakira by 2018)
okuza (n) gathering, symposium, conference, congregation (also okuta) eg Afeku mu Okuza-a. = Afeku went for the Gathering.
Okuza (n) festival where Lugbara Diaspora meet and fellowship for four to five days in a big venue like the Mvara Secondary School field or one day in KLA City somewhere near Mbuya
okuzaru (adv) collected, gathered
ola (n) root; cassava (also gbanda eg ariwara, otongolo, mabere, yakobo, sanz[j]e, olamu, abiria, namulonge, etc); (v) lie down
ola fura (n) cassava flour
olakula (n) restlessness, curiosity
olangi (n) bell, gong
ole (adj) clean, bare, (n) witchcraft in the heart, bad heart, indignation, moral anger, Parallax; (v) trick, deceive
Oleba (n) subcounty in Maracha near DR Congo Border
oleo (n) witch, sorceror, wizard eg Oleo Gurini ma mile iri ndundu. = The Green Witch's two eyes are different.
Olewa Yikuru (n) water falling about 10 metres from River Enyau as it descends towards River Nile at the foothill of Mount Wati eg Maandebo ni Olewa Yikuru-a. = Maandebo is at Olewa Falls.
olezaru (adv) tricked
oli (n) air, wind (olirika in Terego dialect/ also oliriko), airtime; (v) whistle, cut; roll eg Ndege ni aci oli-a si. = A plane moves through the air.
Oli (n) river from which Oli Division gets its name, subcounty or division in Arua District comprising 28 cells in 2018, cannibalistic ancestor also known as Banyale in Lugbara mythology, eldest son of Gboro, had supernatural powers and kingship privileges symbolised by a bead, brother to Olu, Kibira and Obaru. His first descendants were Madi Pawor. He killed children and ate their liver
oli e'yere (n) breeze, gentle wind
oli vu (v) whistle
oli vuza (n) whistling
olimangulu (n) sports news
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, abefe); 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).