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Ajua (n) great grandfather of the seven true Tara parishes in Maracha named after his seven grandchildren through Opodria (whose mother was given to him in Onduparaka) then Naye. Ajua is also the forefather of Aliba Ojepi clan in Aroi (Ayivu). In Ovisoni during his quest to find the source of Enyau River, Ajua paid brideprice for another wife who gave birth to Otu, the father of Vura after whom a clan and county are named in western Arua District eg Ajua ni a'bi mba Tara ni woro. = Ajua is the real ancestor for the whole of Tara. |
aka (adj) big, large, enormous, grand, huge; (adv) deliberately, purposely, intentionally, knowingly; soften (said of fruits) |
akaaka (adj) soft |
akanya (n) ass, horse |
akanyamva (n) colt, young donkey |
akasi (adv) purposefully |
akata (n) melting |
akaza(ru) (adj) soft, weak, molten |
akiki (n) pimple eg Ninisima ma akiki yo. = Ninsiima has no pimple. |
akiri (n) skill, trick, innovation, technique, maneouvre |
ako (prep) without |
akpa (v) combine, add to, mix |
akpaakpa (adv) combined, (n) mixture, combination |
akpaku (n) chin |
aku (n) home; (v) cover, close usually from above (also a'bu, ara) |
aku ambo (n) city (literally big home, also siti), headquarters, place with a cathedral plus enough water for everyone, area that has over 500,000 dwellers and bigger than a municipality that has a lower limit of 100,000 inhabitants eg Kurisitofu mu Aku ambo Kinisasa-a! = Kristof has gone to Kinshasa City. |
akua (adv) at home eg Azi ma vutia, Boyika ni mvi akua. = After work, Boyka goes home. |
akufi (n) yeast (also aku fi) eg Mukati 'ba ede akufi si. = Bread is made using yeast. |
akuku (n) rainstorm |
akuma (n) white ants you drum for before they come out from the ground |
akumanikuye (n, informal) generosity, selfless charity, givers never lack because karma comes back around |
akuruma (n) bread made from smashed white ants eg Disimasi ni akuruma nya. = Dismas is eating akuruma bread. |
akuza (adj) covered |
ala (adj) clean, neat, smart, good (also alaru), nice, fine (maganda in Filipino); (n) paste from groundnuts or simsim (also odi); (v) put across, season food eg Yosa ala i'bi odi si. = Jhosa seasoned the fish with groundnut paste. |
ala pititi (adj) very good |
alaka (n) kind of grass used to make fire to catch or collect white ants (also galaka) |
alakalaka (n) type of mushroom (also ngu idrika) |
alanda (n) bread made from small white ants (also amboroko) |
alapapa (n) butterfly |
alata (n) health, cleanliness, smartness, neatness |
alatararu (adj) healthy, smart, neat, clean, good, holy eg Opi ADROU okpo dria beri, alatararu, alatararu, alatararu, ERI ndra indi ERI curu'do ci, vini ngapi emupiri-i! = Holy, holy, holy, LORD GOD Almighty WHO was and is and is to come! |
ale (n) love, liking (also leta); stomach, belly, inside (also aleni); (v) exchange eg A'duni nga ama awa ale MUNGU ni be ni? = What will separate us from the love of GOD? |
ale azoza (n) stomach ache, stomach pain |
ale bile (n) stomach ulcer eg Ropopo Vino engazu payipayi aro aapi yi alea o'du towi ni ale bile ati. = Ropopo Wine from raw pawpaws that have stayed in water for five days can heal stomach ulcers. |
ale ngurufu (n) potbell |
alea (adj) pregnant, (prep) inside, in the stomach |
Alemani (n) Germany (also Girimani) |
ali (adj) short (also alia, aliaru), (n) adultery (also ali 'baza), brideprice, crime, plant with thorns, far away (also re), deep; (v) pass by, cut (also ga, fa, oli) eg Heleni ali nanasi esele ndundu. = Hellen cut the pineapple into different parts. |
aliasi (adv) in short |
Aliba (n) ward or parish of Aroi Subcounty in Ayivu County of Arua District |
ali'bo (n) partridge |
alifa (n) alpha, beginning, first |
Alifa azini Omega (n) Alpha & Omega, Beginning and End, First and Last, JESUS Christ |
alifu (n) thousand |
Alikua (n) place in Maracha where Belgians built a small pyramid in the 1920s, two Belgian officers Captain Von Kirkhoven (probably Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven?) and M. de Laages are buried under the fort somewhere next to the road between Nyadri and Katrini |
alimva (v) bastard, illegitimate child |
alio (n) poverty; poor person eg Alio le ma nde. = Poverty wants to defeat me. |
Alioma (n) name given when family is in poverty or groom's family is poor (also Alioru, Alio) |
alioru (adj) poor |
alipi (n) friend (also agoyi) eg Sisilia ni ma alipi! = Cecilia is my friend! |
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