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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 (as well as Koboko and Mvara near Arua)
ombu (v) jump, hop
ombulu (n) fake money, counterfeit, kiwani
ombuta (n) jump, hopping (also ombuza)
omega (n) end(ing), final, last who comes after alpha (sigma - lone alpha, beta, delta and gamma) eg YESU ni Omega. = JESUS is the End.
omgbo (n) size, volume
omi (v) press, force, pressurise; 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.
omvita (n) answer, reply (also omviza)
omvizaru (n) returned, replied
omvu (n) nose, sneeze; orphan; (v) pick up
omvu co (phr v.) sneeze
omvumvua (n) drinks (pronounced onvunvua)
ona (v) dodge, avoid eg Eze ni eyi ona. = Eze is dodging them.
Onayi (n) place in Terego where mountainous rocks or hills can be viewed on both horizons while on the Arua Highway
onda (v) look for, search for
ondakayi (n) red or brown sugar ants that reside on trees for example mangoes, tangerines and jackfruits (also ondakaya)
ondaza (n) looking for or searching
ondere (n) giraffe eg Apio so pa ondere ma ageia. = Apio stood beside a giraffe.
ondi (n) dirt, sweat; (v) pinch eg Ayiko ni ondi ma mva. = Happiness is sweat's child. [Lugbara Proverb]
ondikokoru (adj) clean, without dirt nor sweat
ondiru (adj) dirty
ondo (n) barren person or animal, barrenness, infertility, impotency
Ondoma (n) male-given name when a woman takes long to deliver a child after marriage (female version is Ondoru) eg Yohana Ondoma ni andra Mvara Sekondari Sukulu ma Dricere. = John Ondoma was sometime ago the Mvara Secondary School Headmaster.
ondoru (adj) barren
ondre (n) evening; (v) look, search (also one)
ondre ta (n) evening meal, evening food
ondreondre (n) white ants harvested immediately after dusk from 7:30-8:30pm (also andre)
ondresi (adv) by evening (also ondrealesi), in the evening
ondreta (n) supervision, checking (ondreza)
ondrezaru (n) checked, supervised
ondri (v) become thin or slim, bewitch eg Sitayi ni 'ba ondri. = Sitayi bewitches people.