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aliria (n) virgin eg YESU ma andri ni andra aliria. = JESUS's mother was (sometime back) a virgin.
alitara (n) altar
aliza (n) cut (also oliza)
alo (n) peg for tethering animals
aloalo (adj) loose, not tightly fixed
alofe (n) bridge (also olufe)
alota (n) loosening
aloza (adj) loosened
alu (n) one, singular; mole, grasscutter; taste, sweetness (also aluta); (v) peep
alu alu (adj) tasty; one by one
alu toko (adj) one only
alugbe (n) unhatched egg
aluma (n) curse
Alungaru (n) old woman in Lugbara mythology who helped Oli trace Kibira's spear
Aluru (n) Luo tribe south of Lugbara; Lugbara dialect in DR Congo
aluruga (n) south direction, because of proximity to Alur People (also baria)
Aluruti (n) Alur language
alutukubi (n) creeping greens
aluza(ru) (adj) tasty eg Olanya kini: Rolekisi capati ni aluza! = Olanya said: Rollex chapati is tasty!
ama (pron) we, us; (v) assess, judge, feel
Amadingo (n) welfare system where rich Lugbara take care of poor relatives
amamu (n) pigeon
amata (n) judgement (also amaza)
amba (adj) old, grown (n) leader (also ambo, dricere); ambush eg Oripa dra eli 2008 si de eri amba. = Oripa died in 2008 when she was old.
ambasada (n) ambassador
Ambeko (n) place between Mvara, Barifa, Oluko and Muni
ambi (n) cold, (v) make cold
ambiambi (adj) cold eg Angu ambiambi Kigezi-a! = The place is cold in Kigezi!
ambiriga ambiriga (n) sex
ambita (n) coldness (also egbe, fita, igbe)
ambiza (adj) cold (also egberu, fifi, ambiambi)
Ambo Towi (n) the Big 5 eg Ambo 5 mi isu woro suru were ma alea ekile Yuganda; eyi: Ewa, odru, obirio, kami azini o'du! = All the Big 5 can be found in few countries like Uganda; they are: Elephant, buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard!
ambo (adj) great, big, huge (also ambu, amburu, amboo) (n) master, boss, supervisor, respected person; stubbornness (also drionzi, agadri)
ambo jindia (n) sergeant at arms
amboroko (n) flat grassless mass of soil, hard like an anthill
amboru (adj) stubborn eg Alio ni amboru! = Poverty is stubborn!
Amerika (n) America, United States eg Awinda ni mu Amerika-a. = Awinda is going to America.
amuro (n) bride, newly wed (also 'ba mini jeri, oku 'bani jeri) eg Efuru ni eri ma amuro. = Efuru is his bride.
Amuru (n) district east of Pakwach, formerly part of Gulu
amuti (n) agency, association, organisation
Amuti Amvu'yaza E'yo ma Eti ondapi Suru-a (n) National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)
Amuti Aro E'yo Onepi (n) National Drug Authority
Amuti Kaluluni (n) Electoral Commission (also Elekitoro Komisoni) eg Botusuwana ma Amuti Kaluluni = Botswana's Electoral Commission
Amuti Mupira Onepi Afirika-a (n) CAF
Amuti Mupira Onepi Wudrikuru-a (n) FIFA
amva (v) mate (for animals)
amve (prep) out, outside, abroad, overseas (also suru azini-a)
amvi (n) sister (also amvii, sisi), touch (also olo) eg Ketra ni Fiona ma amvi. = Ketra is Fiona's sister.
amvu (n) garden, field, touch; (v) embrace, get hold of eg Ayakaka ni ti dro amvu-a ri si. = Ayakaka is chasing the cows from the garden.
amvu 'yaza (n) farming, agriculture (also azi amvu ni, informal agurikeca)