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Ponitio (n) Pontious eg Anguyo ma ru aziri Ponitio lu Pilato dri le. = Anguyo's other name is Pontious just like Pilate's.

posita (n) poster (also e'da), post office eg Museveni ma posita = M7's poster

poso (n) ugali, East African staple food made from maize flour eg Rayani ni poso je Nyandarua Jo ago-a. = Ryan buys posho in Nyandarua County.

poye (n) game played by 2, 4 or 6 players (in singles, doubles or triples). They stand on opposite sides of a halfway line drawn on the ground as they hit a round rubber puck also called poye (made from mainly Umoja or Bata-esque flipflop cutouts joined together with nylon) back and forth using L-shaped sticks. Like a coin toss in Football, the game starts when the poye lying on the halfway line is hit from above with a stick; a player from the half in which it falls must roll it with his hand like a mini car tyre for his opponent to start hitting with his stick or foot. A point is scored when the puck is hit above the opponent who then rolls it back. When a player crosses to the opponent's half, one point is deducted from his side. Records can be kept mentally by the players or a referee who is not playing. Players stand one metre away from the centreline. In both halves, each player stands about one metre away from his teammate behind or in front of him. When the front player misses the puck, the one behind him must strike it...

pulaneti (n) planet (also wudrikuru) eg Engazu eli 2016 pere 2030, SDG 17 (MDG 8 ma vutia) ki UN ma omveta alio dezu 'ba woro ni azini pulaneti ma agei tezu. Drinia abiri toko, alata muke, imbata onyiru, agupi oku be trotro, yi ala, aci 'bani eco jera, azi ala, okalamvu akiri, trotroako isizaru, aku ambo azini enyati tambazaru, nyaza azini ofuza inzitaru, 'yeta angu mile ni, idri yi iti-a, idri nyaku dria, asianzu azini e'yo liza, azini asizu ti icima golo ni. = From 2016 to 2030, the 17 SDGs (after 8 MDGs) are a UN call to end poverty for all and protect the planet. On top of that is zero hunger, good health, quality education, gender equality, clean water, affordable energy, decent work, industry innovation, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace and justice and finally partnerships for the goals.

pulani (n) plan, strategy (also otuta)

pulatifomu (n) social media platform

puleti (n) plate (also saani)

purezideniti (n) president (also suru drile, purezidendi) eg Donaludi Tramupu ni Amerika ma purezideniti. = Donald Trump is America's president.

purimari (n) primary (also puremari) eg "Cynthia" la P3 Arua Hilu Purimari-a. = Cynthia studied P3 at Arua Hill Primary.

purofeta (n) prophet (also nabi)

puroguramu (n) program, programme, TV show eg Kari Ticitaru (ma) Puroguramu Zota ni = United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

puro (n) grasshopping insect

purotesitati (n) protestant (also purukati)

puru (adj) quick, fast

purupuru (adv) carelessly, quickly

putuku (n) cooked leg or hoof of a cow (also mulokoni) eg Salimu nya putuku. = Salim ate the cowhoof.


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ra (v) flow eg liquid, (adv, n) throughout the night, affirmative at the end of a sentence

Ragemu (n) suburb south of Arua City named Ragem, place along the Albert Nile between Pakwach and Rhino Camp eg Jesika mu Ragemu-a. = Jessica has gone to Ragem.

Ragemu Bici (n) canopied rivershed with meanders on River Enyau about 3 kilometres south of Arua City, half a kilometre from CEFORD Arua eg Bobu nya mukati towi azini i'bi iri Ragemu Bici-a. = Bob ate five loaves of bread and two fish at Ragem Beach.

ragibi (n) rugby eg Nyu Zilandi "All Blacks" ndeki Sipiringbokisi Ragibi-a. = New Zealand All Blacks beat Springboks in rugby.

rakaka (adv) (do sth) first, in advance (also raka) eg Mi ofe rakaka! = (You) first pay!

Ramadani (n) Muslim month-long period for fasting (within 29 or 30 days) after and before sighting a new moon-crescent eg Yahiya Au ni nyaka 'da Ramadani si. = John Au fasts during Ramadan.

Ramogi (n) subcounty north of Odravu

rangi (n) paint

rangi gba (v) paint eg Akiane ni rangi gba. = Akiane is painting.

rangi gbaza (n) painting

Rasita (n) Rastafarian eg Adima ni Rasita. = Adima is a Rastafarian.

rata (n) flow, melting (also raza)

Rawule (n) Oli Banyale's uncle in Lugbara mythology who escorted him to Mt. Wati

rawundi (n) round (in boxing)

re (adj) far away, (v) peel, peeled, rob, take away by force

redio (n) radio (also radio, uzunguruku) eg Kimu Nazi ni azi nga redio-a. = Kim Nazz works on radio.

redio eri (v) listening to radio eg Ma O'duko Idri Ni Redio eri. = I'm listening to Voice Of Life Radio.

rego nzema (n) meeting organised at least three months after a widow has lost her husband so that she can choose a new partner

rehabu (n) rehab eg Rihana mu rehabu-a. = Rihanna went to the rehab.

Rejafu (n) place in present-day South Sudan near Juba where a group separated from the Madi migrating from Nigeria to look for a woman's lost desert dates at lunch; they were labelled Lugba ni, which became Lugbara (also Rajafu)

rekodi (n) record

relu (n) rail

reluwe (n) train, railway eg Remo ni azi nga reluwe-a. = Remo works in railway.

Reluwe (n) block near Gaagaa Market in Arua where goods would be stored before being transported on the train passing through Pakwach

Rembe (n) one of the Greatest Prophets in Lugbara History who was taken by Whitemen to Yei (Sudan) for hanging in 1916 but Lugbara believe he never died and will return, rainmaker, emissary of divinity who claimed to perform miracles and heal illnesses (His footmarks were embedded on a bare rock between Meki and Loinya in Yivu Subcounty, Maracha. Simon Drapari's autobiography mentions rembe gods in Terego)

repabuliki (n) republic (also repubuliki)

reta (n) peeling, robbing (also reza)

ri (suffix) relative pronoun meaning "one which is", (v) broadcast eg seeds; sit eg Lemani (Imvinisibo) ri kome dria. = Lehmann (Invincible) sat on the bench.

Ri 'Be wereari (n) Ri Hill, found in Baria Village (also Riri)

ribi (n) pasture

riboni (n) ribbon eg "Arua Pioneer Decorators" 'ba riboni mutuka rua. = Arua Pioneer Decorators put ribbons on the car.

Rigbo (n) Oldest Subcounty formed in Lower Madi even before Rhino Camp, east of Bileafe, south of Odupi and Odravu, north of Ogoko (pronounced Ribo)

Ponitio (n) Pontious eg Anguyo ma ru aziri Ponitio lu Pilato dri le. = Anguyo's other name is Pontious just like Pilate's.

posita (n) poster (also e'da), post office eg Museveni ma posita = M7's poster

poso (n) ugali, East African staple food made from maize flour eg Rayani ni poso je Nyandarua Jo ago-a. = Ryan buys posho in Nyandarua County.

poye (n) game played by 2, 4 or 6 players (in singles, doubles or triples). They stand on opposite sides of a halfway line drawn on the ground as they hit a round rubber puck also called poye (made from mainly Umoja or Bata-esque flipflop cutouts joined together with nylon) back and forth using L-shaped sticks. Like a coin toss in Football, the game starts when the poye lying on the halfway line is hit from above with a stick; a player from the half in which it falls must roll it with his hand like a mini car tyre for his opponent to start hitting with his stick or foot. A point is scored when the puck is hit above the opponent who then rolls it back. When a player crosses to the opponent's half, one point is deducted from his side. Records can be kept mentally by the players or a referee who is not playing. Players stand one metre away from the centreline. In both halves, each player stands about one metre away from his teammate behind or in front of him. When the front player misses the puck, the one behind him must strike it...

pulaneti (n) planet (also wudrikuru) eg Engazu eli 2016 pere 2030, SDG 17 (MDG 8 ma vutia) ki UN ma omveta alio dezu 'ba woro ni azini pulaneti ma agei tezu. Drinia abiri toko, alata muke, imbata onyiru, agupi oku be trotro, yi ala, aci 'bani eco jera, azi ala, okalamvu akiri, trotroako isizaru, aku ambo azini enyati tambazaru, nyaza azini ofuza inzitaru, 'yeta angu mile ni, idri yi iti-a, idri nyaku dria, asianzu azini e'yo liza, azini asizu ti icima golo ni. = From 2016 to 2030, the 17 SDGs (after 8 MDGs) are a UN call to end poverty for all and protect the planet. On top of that is zero hunger, good health, quality education, gender equality, clean water, affordable energy, decent work, industry innovation, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace and justice and finally partnerships for the goals.

pulani (n) plan, strategy (also otuta)

pulatifomu (n) social media platform

puleti (n) plate (also saani)

purezideniti (n) president (also suru drile, purezidendi) eg Donaludi Tramupu ni Amerika ma purezideniti. = Donald Trump is America's president.

purimari (n) primary (also puremari) eg "Cynthia" la P3 Arua Hilu Purimari-a. = Cynthia studied P3 at Arua Hill Primary.

purofeta (n) prophet (also nabi)

puroguramu (n) program, programme, TV show eg Kari Ticitaru (ma) Puroguramu Zota ni = United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

puro (n) grasshopping insect

purotesitati (n) protestant (also purukati)

puru (adj) quick, fast

purupuru (adv) carelessly, quickly

putuku (n) cooked leg or hoof of a cow (also mulokoni) eg Salimu nya putuku. = Salim ate the cowhoof.

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ra (v) flow eg liquid, (adv, n) throughout the night, affirmative at the end of a sentence

Ragemu (n) suburb south of Arua City named Ragem, place along the Albert Nile between Pakwach and Rhino Camp eg Jesika mu Ragemu-a. = Jessica has gone to Ragem.

Ragemu Bici (n) canopied rivershed with meanders on River Enyau about 3 kilometres south of Arua City, half a kilometre from CEFORD Arua eg Bobu nya mukati towi azini i'bi iri Ragemu Bici-a. = Bob ate five loaves of bread and two fish at Ragem Beach.

ragibi (n) rugby eg Nyu Zilandi "All Blacks" ndeki Sipiringbokisi Ragibi-a. = New Zealand All Blacks beat Springboks in rugby.

rakaka (adv) (do sth) first, in advance (also raka) eg Mi ofe rakaka! = (You) first pay!

Ramadani (n) Muslim month-long period for fasting (within 29 or 30 days) after and before sighting a new moon-crescent eg Yahiya Au ni nyaka 'da Ramadani si. = John Au fasts during Ramadan.

Ramogi (n) subcounty north of Odravu

rangi (n) paint

rangi gba (v) paint eg Akiane ni rangi gba. = Akiane is painting.

rangi gbaza (n) painting

Rasita (n) Rastafarian eg Adima ni Rasita. = Adima is a Rastafarian.

rata (n) flow, melting (also raza)

Rawule (n) Oli Banyale's uncle in Lugbara mythology who escorted him to Mt. Wati

rawundi (n) round (in boxing)

re (adj) far away, (v) peel, peeled, rob, take away by force

redio (n) radio (also radio, uzunguruku) eg Kimu Nazi ni azi nga redio-a. = Kim Nazz works on radio.

redio eri (v) listening to radio eg Ma O'duko Idri Ni Redio eri. = I'm listening to Voice Of Life Radio.

rego nzema (n) meeting organised at least three months after a widow has lost her husband so that she can choose a new partner

rehabu (n) rehab eg Rihana mu rehabu-a. = Rihanna went to the rehab.

Rejafu (n) place in present-day South Sudan near Juba where a group separated from the Madi migrating from Nigeria to look for a woman's lost desert dates at lunch; they were labelled Lugba ni, which became Lugbara (also Rajafu)

rekodi (n) record

relu (n) rail

reluwe (n) train, railway eg Remo ni azi nga reluwe-a. = Remo works in railway.

Reluwe (n) block near Gaagaa Market in Arua where goods would be stored before being transported on the train passing through Pakwach

Rembe (n) one of the Greatest Prophets in Lugbara History who was taken by Whitemen to Yei (Sudan) for hanging in 1916 but Lugbara believe he never died and will return, rainmaker, emissary of divinity who claimed to perform miracles and heal illnesses (His footmarks were embedded on a bare rock between Meki and Loinya in Yivu Subcounty, Maracha. Simon Drapari's autobiography mentions rembe gods in Terego)

repabuliki (n) republic (also repubuliki)

reta (n) peeling, robbing (also reza)

ri (suffix) relative pronoun meaning "one which is", (v) broadcast eg seeds; sit eg Lemani (Imvinisibo) ri kome dria. = Lehmann (Invincible) sat on the bench.

Ri 'Be wereari (n) Ri Hill, found in Baria Village (also Riri)

ribi (n) pasture

riboni (n) ribbon eg "Arua Pioneer Decorators" 'ba riboni mutuka rua. = Arua Pioneer Decorators put ribbons on the car.

Rigbo (n) Oldest Subcounty formed in Lower Madi even before Rhino Camp, east of Bileafe, south of Odupi and Odravu, north of Ogoko (pronounced Ribo)