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ambiriga ambiriga (n) sex
ambita (n) coldness (also ambiza)
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
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
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)
ana (n) weed (also ano)
analogu (n) analog
ande (n) tiredness, fatigue
anderiku (n) chiefly stool
andesoma (n) reward (also orodri)
andi (n) foreigner
andra (adv) sometime ago (also andraa); (prep) down below, down the slope, beneath eg Idi Amini ni andra Yuganda ma Suru Drile. = Idi Amin was sometime ago President of Uganda.
andrale (n) east direction (also etu ni efuria)
Andrale'ba (n) lowland people, a section of Lugbara, the Lugbara of the East, Easterners
andrapuru (n) aunt
andre (n) tongue (also edre), mother (also andri)
andreli (n) dew
andreti (n) face (also mileti) eg Asinduru isu coki i-ma andreti-a. = Asinduru found chalk on her face.
andri (n) mother (also andre, ayia, ma, mama, mami); (v) visit, supervise, regulate, check eg Ndezo ni ma andri. = Ndezo is my mother.
andrike (n) witchcraft (also acife, enata)
andrita (n) visit, supervision, checking (also andriza)
androndro (n) gossip (also songi songi, kimbelembele, lugambo)
andru (adv) today; (n) humour; abandoned home, deserted place eg Andra ma o'dapiri, andrusi o'da ni ma ku. = The one who abused me before, today doesn't abuse me.
andruru (adj) humorous
Andruvu (n) suburb northeast of Arua City before Manibe and Ombaci
angara (n) flat, bony and salty fish found mainly in Pakwach from the Albert Nile eg Sawa azia eca 'bo, anya enyasa angara si. = 12 o'clock has arrived already, we ate staple food with angara fish. [Nursery Rhyme]
angarawa (n) skinless cowpeas or beans, slightly fried or cooked and mixed with groundnut paste (in Terego dialect/ also angaraba)
angiri (n) a lot
angu (n) place, plot of land eg Seroma je angu Arua Puremari vu. = Seroma bought land near Arua Primary.
angu biza (n) darkness, night
angu dali (n) low place, valley eg Majidu sa maaku angu dali-a. = Majid planted potatoes in a valley.
angu driza (n) heat
angu edezu (n) cleansing the land, for preparing the place
angu ei (n) landlord, land owner