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oporu (adj) strong (also okporu)
Opozisoni (n) Opposition
ora (v) leak; (over)think, worry
Ora (n) River Nile tributary flowing eastwards to the Albert Nile near Madi Okollo Town as you enter Arua District
ora idrika (n) small mushrooms that grow at the entrance of a python hole
Orani (v) rock formation and village in Tara (now Ajira Subcounty)
orata (n) leakage, thought (also oraza)
Orawa (n) place found somewhere between Arua Airport or Rhino Camp Road and the Mt. Wati-Ociba-Ombaci Road with a wide and priceless skyline view of Arua City buildings plus other geography on the southern horizon
Oregoni (n) Oregon State in USA
oresi (n) goat given by a husband to his baby mama's parents to cleanse their child from bad luck after placenta is not buried at man's place
ori (n) snake; fear, cowardice (also uri), seed; rust; (v) settle at the bottom of a liquid eg Ori ci ya? Ori yo! = Is there fear? No fear!
ori 'dipi (n) spiritual leader
ori owizu (n) sacrifice to ghosts in form of a goat, ox, sheep or fowl. Meat is divided into three portions: one for the dead which is placed in their shrines, second is cooked and eaten by the congregation while third is taken home uncooked for later distribution by them among more distant patrilineal kin eg Nanikia f...
ori zoza (n) crop growing, seed planting
ori'ba (n) family (also aku)
oria (n) half-breed usually with Asian descent (also cotara), mukyotara in Luganda eg Cenene ni oria. = Chenene is of Asian descent.
oriahulu (n) cobra
Orienitale Purovinisi (n) Orientale Province, region in northeastern DR Congo immediately west of Arua District
orii (n) mixture of gold and other metals (also oruu), reference in Congo
orindi (n) spirit, soul (also urindi, literally ori indi [because of fleshy body, but becomes only ori after death])
Orindi Alari (n) Holy Spirit (also Urindi Alari)
orio (n) coward (also urio)
oro (n) earth, universe, the world, upper part of thigh; tiredness, (v) feel tired
orobi (n) dream eg MUNGU ni e'yo nze orobi si. = GOD speaks through a dream.
orodri (n) profit, benefit, gain, use(fulness) eg Afa MUNGU ni le amavu ri, (eri orindi ni); rua ma orodri yo, (eri nga ma ra)! = What GOD wants from us, (it is the spirit); the body is useless, (it will rot)!
orodriru (adj) profitable, gainful, beneficial
oromi (n) nine eg Aseni Wenga nde kopo ku eli oromi engazu 2005 pere 2014. = Arsene Wenger did not win a cup for nine years from 2005 up to 2014.
Oromo (n) Cushitic language (spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt), 3rd Most Spoken African Language
oru (adv) up, high, (postp) above, (v) prepare (esp. porridge), wake up eg Gasi oru i'di! = Gasi prepared porridge!
orukua (n) type of dodo greens
Orule'ba (n) highland people, a section of Lugbara
oruleru (adv) upper
oruta (n) waking up
osa (n) mixture, syrup; (v) fly, mix, slap eg Anyoya ma-a, 'ba kaka osa osu be. = In anyoya, maize is mixed with beans.
osasa (n) insect
ose (adj) fat, (v) fatten; pull eg Halu ni ose. = Hal is fat.
oseta (n) fattening
oseza (adj) fatness, big masavu
osi (v) give birth, produce a baby; roast; write eg Neria osi mva ago. = Neria gave birth to a male child.
osisia (n) secretary, scribe (also osipiri)
osita (n) birth; roasting, writing, registration
Ositrelia (n) Australia eg Oguwapiti ni Ositrelia-a. = Ogwapit is in Australia.
osiza (adj) roasted
osizaru (adj) roasted; written
oso (n) fat; pole with sth sharp
osofi (n) protruding middle part of the upper lip
osolo (n) mucus-like substance that comes from chest while coughing, sputum
osoroko (n) old clothes
osu (n) bow, gun (also bunduki, usu); peas, beans; (v) fix, pour, dress, marvel eg Kazibuwe ji osu vule gombolola-a. = Kazibwe took the gun back to the gombolola.
Osu (n) river through the Arua Golf Course, suburb near Osu River behind Hospital Road and Rhino Camp Road