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[Ama ka isu 'bo ya (Ama MUNGU ni avi tua). 3x] |
[VERSE 3:] |
[Ma adri la, tujara mini ngale 'di ye (MUNGU ni feni ya) |
Ma amvi la, azi mini ngale 'di ye (MUNGU ni feni ya) |
Ma adri la, sende ni, mini isu le 'di ya (MUNGU ni feni ya) |
Ma amvi la, oli mini sele 'di ye (MUNGU fe piri ni ya) |
Ika le afa fe MUNGU dri ya (Efe asi driasi ya), |
Ika le afa fe BABA dri ya (Efe eri ale si ye). |
Ika le afa fe MUNGU dri ya (Efe asi driasi ya), |
Ika le afa fe BABA dri ye (Efe eri ale si ye).] 2x |
[OUTRO:] |
Kucukucu, jegejege. 3x |
Guchain ("Sende") Lyrics |
[INSTRUMENTAL INTRO:] |
Yo Dibo, i'be mani biti! |
Yo Kuwizi. |
[CHORUS:] |
Ama idede a'du? |
Katro mba ra ti, le te a'duni? |
Mini isu'bori le te a'du? |
E ka tro isu ku ti le te a'duni? |
Sende le te a'duni? |
'Ba 'di, nyaku 'di le te a'duni? |
Kini eco ku, te le te a'du? |
Omi ni yo ri, le te a'duni? |
A, aa! (Sente) |
[HOOK:] |
Gavumeti le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Sukulu le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Zamva 'di le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Boyizi leki a'duni? (Sende) |
Polisi le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Dini le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Ongo'di le te a'duni? (Sende) |
Aa! |
[VERSE ONE:] |
Ama o'do sente nda o'dozu o'bitisi pere ondresi, |
Te ama eco vini isu ku. |
Ama kalafe si, ama eco vini isu ra. |
Mani lerisi, mini ne werewere 'da MUNGU fe ni. |
Sente akosi, 'ba azi 'duki ce deni. |
Ovu-a si mi ico isu ku, ile ce ni. |
Ama ce MUNGU zi 'di, MUNGU ma oce ni. |
Ka ecora si, MUNGU ma fe amani ceni. |
Etu ni ka, etu ni e'de, |
'Ba 'di, 'ba ada ni lu ve ni. |
Mi ta le o'du ko mini ifuzu ku, |
Te lakini, alio ni mi nze ni. |
Wura 'ba pini 'ba idezu sendesiri, |
'Ba 'di, drinza ni lu mi bi ni. |
Egata be mingi mi dri-a yo, |
Mi di i'do iga kini: Mivuri ni kisirani. |
Mini isu'bori, le ta mi mba tani ci. |
Mi ayu were, mi otu drini ci. |
Le mi ni vini ci kini onziri ki 'di: |
Muke lepikuri ki vini 'dia ci. |
Sende si, 'baki ru 'di. |
E ka vo ogu ogu, 'ba ki mi 'di 'di. |
Cika mi nda eri wura muke si, |
Ama 'di woro nyaku dri ci. |
[CHORUS:] |
[HOOK:] |
[VERSE TWO:] |
English lyrics |
[HOOK:] |
[CHORUS:] |
[HOOK:] |
...Boyizi leki a'du ni? |
Yo Dibo! |
PARAMETERS: |
Consonants do not have to be repeated when writing Lugbara eg Mekki = Meki; Oluffe = Olufe; Owaffa = Owafa; etc, but repeating vowels means something or becomes ambiguously redundant eg leta-a [in love]... |
Every Lugbara word ends with a vowel eg simu [phone]... |
In consonant clusters DJ, GB and KP, the first letter is silent eg odji = oji [wash]; gbanda = banda [cassava]; okpo = opo [power]. Meanwhile MV is pronounced NV eg omve [call] while NZ is pronounced NJ eg Inzikuru... |
Letter C is always pronounced CH as in Church eg candi = chandi [sorrow]... |
Letters Q and X are not used in Lugbara, but four unique ones are added with an apostrophe to indicate the sound H eg 'B = Bha, etc meaning the Simplified Lugbara Alphabet has 28 letters... |
Some words have more than one meaning depending on the tone of the vowel(s) eg ai can mean salt, pray, beg or Atifiso Intelijensi, etc... |
Various Lugbara dialects (Aringa, Ayivu, Maracha, Madi-Okolo, Terego, Vura, Zaki, etc) may pronounce words differently eg nya (in Ayivu) = na (in Terego) [eat] |
SIMPLIFIED LUGBARA (The words below are exactly 140 though possible English meanings are so much more. Only letters Q and X are missing, but four new ones are added with an apostrophe representing the sound H): |
aa ae ai ao au |
ba be bi bo bu// 'ba 'be 'bi 'bo 'bu |
ca ce ci co cu |
da de di do du// 'da 'de 'di 'do 'du |
ea ee ei eo eu |
fa fe fi fo fu |
ga ge gi go gu |
ha he hi ho hu |
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