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vutisi (adj) the next, the one that follows
Ww & 'W'w [Whwh]
wa (v) ripen
waa (v) prove
wa'di (n) relative, wife eg Eri ma wa'di ma ru Tenisa. = His wife's name is Tenisha.
wa'diko (adj) without relative
waka (n) servant, employee
wakoko (adj) weak, easy
wala (adj) wide, large, broad (also vala, ambo)
walaka (n) basket plate for eating
walala (adj) brown, light, lightskinned (also walalaru)
walaru (adj) wide, large, broad
Wandi (n) place near Terego reachable eastwards from Ombaci via Rhino Camp Road, road junction that connects Katrini and Oriajini to Owafa and Odupi
wangi (n) season (also mange)
wara (n) shoes eg Serena su wara imve. = Serena wore white shoes.
waraga (n) certificate, newspaper, letter, mail eg Mbabazi si waraga leta ni ima ago vu. = Mbabazi wrote a love letter to her boyfriend.
waraga simu-a aliaru (n) SMS, Short Message Service (also simu waraga aliaru, waraga simu-a si)
waraji (n) waragi, Ugandan liquor
wari (adj) round, circle eg Etu ni wari. = The sun is round.
wariru (adj) round, circular
wasi wasi (n) worry, care, alarm, concern, skepticism
Wati (n) one of the Top 5 Highest Mountains in West Nile but Highest in Lugbaraland, 1,250 metres above sea level, found in Erea Parish of Aii-vu Subcounty (Terego) near Cilio and Abiria (also Mt. Wati, Mt. Eti, Iti), origin of the Lugbara Tribe according to some myths
waya (n) wire eg Itungo ni waya ozi. = Itungo sells wires.
we (v) dust, clean off dust, sweep eg Emi we emi yofe si! = Sweep yourselves with a broom/ Come in large numbers! [Lugbara Idiom]
webusaiti (n) website eg Tabule zi i-ma webusaiti. = Tabule opened his webusaiti.
Wenireko (n) WENRECo, West Nile Rural Electrification Company since 2003 with the slogan "Diza - Powering West Nile", nicknamed "Wasreco" in Arua because of frequent loadshedding but still used to be incredibly more efficient than Umeme or Aggreko in KLA while using noisy petrothermal generation from Osu Village for 18 constant hours until midnight before Nyagak Hydro Dams
were (adj) little, small, short (also gakanya, gakandia, alia, werea)
wetreko (n) mud (also orutreku)
wetrekoru (adj) muddy
weza (n) sweeping
wi (n) arm; (v) peel off, skin; spit, yield (said of tubers eg Ayu wi saaru! = Yams yielded much!)
wiketi (n) wicket (in cricket)
wiki (n) week
wiki deza (n) weekend
wiki e'doza (n) weekstart
wiri wiri (n) sling, whirlpool
wita (n) spit(tle)
wizi (n) thread eg Ci-Ci Guweno ni wizi ozi Ovujo-a. = Chi-Chi Gweno sells threads in Ovujo.
woko (n) direction, part, side (also kalati, boko) eg Woko 'dole = This side
Wolo (n) place south of Yumbe
woro (pron) all (also woro woro, synonyms: teke teke, mgbu mgbu, dria dria, kunya kunya, 'wi 'wi, kina kina, kpiri kpiri, 'daku 'daku) eg Ama woro anzi MUNGU ni, Sitani ida mi 'dale! = We are all GOD's children, Satan go away to the other side!
woroworo (n) sound made while walking on dry grass, leaves, etc
woroto (n) dung or animal waste product
wu (n) arm (also wi); (v) cry, remove eg Wu o'boko ni ra. = S/he removed the shell.
wudrikuru (n) world (also oro), universe
wura (n) colour, art, fine arts, activity of colouring (also wura gbata), Kunst (in German), yishu (in Chinese) eg 'Di Lugbara wura! = This is Lugbara art!
'wara (adj) big (pronounced whara)
'warangala (adj) very big
'wi (v) dry
'wiza (adj) dry (pronounced whiza, also a'wi, a'wiru)