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otunyu (n) white ants crushed and left to ferment for some time to be used as condiment in sauce, yesterday's white ants (also otunyo)
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otunukua (n) scorpion eg Otunukua ni aa Sahara-a. = A scorpion stays in the Sahara.
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otuo (n) brother-in-law eg Samu ni ma otuo. = Sam is my brother-in-law.
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otupika (n) in-laws (also otupi)
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otuta (n) straightening, correction, kicking, raising, plan, arrangement (also otuza)
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otuwenge (n) otwenge, dance by the Lugbara and Kebu, literally means "elbow" and involves raising those arm joints
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otuzaru (adj) raised, straightened
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ova (v) make a hole in the ground, excavate, uproot
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ovakedo (n) avocado
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overeko (n) remaining bits of food burnt in container
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ovi (n) lightning, thunder, scratch eg Ovi ni Terawati 1 (alu) aci ni ofu. = Lightning produces 1 Terawatt of power.
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Ovisoni (n) town along Vurra Highway, meaning "struck by lightning" eg Tutuayo Jo ni Ovisoni-a. = Tutuayo House is in Ovisoni.
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ovita (n) scratching (also oviza)
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ovo (v) curse
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ovu (n) kind of basket made from sorghum stalk; laziness, idleness; (v) stay, be; keep quiet eg Ma ovu ciri! = I keep quiet!
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ovua (n) big basket for carrying seedlings
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Ovujo (n) major trading town in Maracha
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ovuo (n) lazy person
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ovuzu (v) stay, be, keep quiet
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Owafa (n) Owaffa, headquarters of Terego meaning elephant bone (Ewa falako) after an injured elephant ran from poachers but died there and rotted until the bones showed, originally called Imirua (meaning "Spy Area"), trading centre before the notorious Teeth Can Lost slope
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owi (n) dawn; (v) spit, make sacrifice, peel, unshell
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Owinyi (n) Owiny, village in Pakwach that was calculated as the Best Venue on Earth for viewing the Sunday 3rd November 2013 Total Solar Eclipse
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owita (n) sacrifice, peeling, unshelling (also owiza)
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owizu (n) linked with the notion of sth being "left over" [awi] like the dead eating the meat left over. In these rites, meat and other offerings are consumed by the living, the dead and spirits as a means of thanking them for having sent sickness to a disobedient individual to show him he has ignored behaviour proper to his status
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owoko (n) anger (also awoko), direction
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owokoru (adj) angry (also awokoru) eg Mario ni owokoru! = Mario is angry!
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owoko si (adv) angrily
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owu (n) cry (also awu, owuta); (v) cry; gather things eg Kaputeni Lamu owu ku(ye). = Captain Lahm did not cry.
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o'wi (v) dry
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o'wiza (n) drying
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oya (n) yaws; salary, wages, payment, earnings; syphilis (also nzuku); (v) shake
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oyata (n) shaking (also oyaza)
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oyakiya (n) earthquake, tremor
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oyaliko (n) rag clothes
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oye (adv) for nothing
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oyi (v) slim, leave
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oyita (n) slimming
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oyiza (adj) thin (also oyizaru)
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oyo (n) oath; monkey
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oyokolo (n) whisper
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oyoro (n) rags
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oyu (n) mole; (v) announce eg Elekitoro Komisoni ma ambo Inzinia Badiru Kigundu oyu kalulu ma o'du. = Electoral Commission boss Engineer Badru Kiggundu announced the election date.
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oyuta (n) announcement (also oyuza), commentary eg Maritini Teila ni mupira oyuta fe. = Martin Tyler is giving a football commentary.
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o'yo (n) promise or oath made by an individual (either publicly or in the mind) (not to do something)
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o'yu (n) horn
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oza (v) sting, shout
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ozeze (n) second hand clothes (also ozeze)
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oze (v) push down
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ozi (v) sell, unshell open, hide; (n) black and white insects that come out of anthills
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ozizaru (adv) for sale eg Nyaka ozizaru Oasisi 24/7-a. = Food is for sale at Oasis 24/7.
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