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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 |
wawo (interj) oh |
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. |
weke (n) palm tree (in Aringa) |
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... |
were (adj) little, small, short (also gakanya, gakandia, alia, werea) |
wetreko (n) mud (also orutreku) |
wetrekoru (adj) muddy |
weza (n) sweeping |
wi (n) arm (also wu); (v) peel off, skin; spit, yield (said of tubers eg Ayu wi saru! = 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 |
woloko eti (n) armpit (also wiliko eti) |
woro (adj, adv, pron) all (also woro woro, synonyms: teke teke, mgbu mgbu, dria dria, kunya kunya, 'wi 'wi, kina kina, [k]piri [k]piri, '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 or leaves and so on |
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 |
wuleke eti (n) armpit |
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) |
Yy & 'Y'y [Yhyh] |
YA (n) GOD above everything |
ya (v) sieve, sort, shake, tremble eg Oyakiya ya angu. = An earthquake shook the place. |
yabi (n) spear grass (also yebi) |
yakani (n) fetish |
yamandu (n) segregation, bias, preferential treatment eg Yamandu Oviva Kanisa Uganda Ni Aroi Joago-a yo! = There's no segregation at Oviva Church of Uganda in Aroi Subcounty! |
yamari (n) banquet, feast (of wedding) (also sadaka) |
yapapa (n) panic, hurrying, rushing (also yakpakpa) |
yata (n) shaking, sorting, separate, sieving (flour), trembling |
YAWE (n) YHWH, YAHWEH LORD GOD, YAH, JAH |
yazaru (adv, n) separated, sorted, shaken |
yebi (n) spear grass |
YEHOVA (n) ADRO, GOD, JEHOVAH (Latin name for Hebrew YHWH), MUNGU |
yekeye (n) red safari ant, totem for Koboko Clan eg Kakuwa yekeye to jeba-a. = Kakwa fill the pockets with safari ants. |
Yekeyeke (n) descendant of Liru and father of a Lugbara ancestor |
yekoko (pron) many, numerous, plenty (also yekokoru) |
yere (n) bushbuck |
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