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ana (n) weed (also ano, regi)
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
angu ezoza (n) development
angu mile (n) weather
angu ndriza (n) peace (also asindriza)
angu neza (n) sightseeing eg Travoneza ni o'bi oji angu neza ma ayiko zu. = Travelneza takes people to enjoy the happiness of sightseeing.
angu nguru (n) plateau
angu nya (v) enjoy life
angu oneza (n) tourism, seeing places (also turismo) eg Wekesa ni angu oneza icu. = Wekesa promotes tourism.
angu patiru (n) forest (also oce, obibi)
angu yikoko (n) desert (also angu yikoko azini cinyaki ru ni, nyamuko)
Angundru (n) great grandfather of the Terego and Andrale'ba
Angundru Geri (n) Angundru Lane, off Mvara SS Crescent, road where Welthungerhilfe, Afrika and World Food Programme were located in 2022
angunduru (n) kind of sauce prepared from bean and paste
angusara (n) dawn, daybreak
Angusara (n) ancestor or forefather in Baria Village (Ulupi/ Ojapi Parish, Tara - then Ajira Subcounty), son of Nayia and Odrudru from Aliba Ojepi in Ayivu, 10th generation before Aiko (Angusara's descendants included Oyoroa, Olevua, Oguze, Onangu, Maru, Asisi, Ari, Galia Asendu, Petero Dobo and Dramani)
aniaka (n) mudfish
anibo (n) refugee, foreigner, asylum seeker (also emunyale)
Anikole (n) Ankole Kingdom found in Western or Southwest UG originally comprising 10 mashazas including Ibanda and others, East of Lake Edward eg Ainembabazi enga Anikole-a. = Ainembabazi is from Ankole.
anya (n) millet, cereals (also ana in some dialects like Terego)
Anyafio (n) suburb in Arua City east of Osu River and near the Arua Golf Course, originally for white colonialists, "anya fi yo" means "no millet seeds" eg Tuwinoburiyo ni Anyafio-a. = Twinoburyo is in Anyafio.
Anyafio Geri opiza (n) road that cuts southwards from Mvara SS Crescent behind Heritage Park eg WFP ni Anyafio Geri opiza-a. = World Food Programme is on Anyafio Close.
anyafura (n) flour