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6. Vutivutia [Post(position) instead of Preposition] |
7. Wura [Adj(ective)] |
8. 'Yeta [V(erb)] |
The 55 Foundation (Lugbara Architecture): |
Researching Lugbara language made me appreciate GOD's creativity. There are only five one-letter words (Each vowel has at least one or multiple meanings), exactly 140 two-letter words and multiples of three-letter combinations: 575 VCV words with consonant in-between two vowels (eg ada, ise, olo, etc); 575 CVV words (e... |
The two-letter words below including exactly 25 diphthong clusters have more than 140 [which is 28 alphabet letters multiplied by 5 vowels at the end] possible English meanings: |
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 |
ia ie ii io iu |
ja je ji jo ju |
ka ke ki ko ku |
la le li lo lu |
ma me mi mo mu |
na ne ni no nu |
oa oe oi oo ou |
pa pe pi po pu |
ra re ri ro ru |
sa se si so su |
ta te ti to tu |
ua ue ui uo uu |
va ve vi vo vu |
wa we wi wo wu |
'wa 'we 'wi 'wo 'wu |
ya ye yi yo yu |
'ya 'ye 'yi 'yo 'yu |
za ze zi zo zu |
Three-letter VCV words with one consonant in-between two vowels can be decoded by replacing the first letter (which is A as below) with the other four vowels to make words used in separate dialects [that is 5 vowels at the wordstart multiplied by 23 consonants and again by five vowels at the end] eg eba, ebe, ebi, ebo,... |
aba abe abi abo abu |
a'ba a'be a'bi a'bo a'bu |
aca ace aci aco acu |
ada ade adi ado adu |
a'da a'de a'di a'do a'du |
afa afe afi afo afu |
aga age agi ago agu |
aha ahe ahi aho ahu |
aja aje aji ajo aju |
aka ake aki ako aku |
ala ale ali alo alu |
ama ame ami amo amu |
ana ane ani ano anu |
apa ape api apo apu |
ara are ari aro aru |
asa ase asi aso asu |
ata ate ati ato atu |
ava ave avi avo avu |
awa awe awi awo awu |
a'wa a'we a'wi a'wo a'wu |
aya aye ayi ayo ayu |
a'ya a'ye a'yi a'yo a'yu |
aza aze azi azo azu |
... |
Here is a list of 50 foundational words from 10 Consonant Clusters (Four left out because of silent letters): |
dra dre dri dro dru |
hwa hwe hwi hwo hwu |
mba mbe mbi mbo mbu |
mva mve mvi mvo mvu |
nda nde ndi ndo ndu |
[ndra ndre ndri ndro ndru] |
nga nge ngi ngo ngu |
nya nye nyi nyo nyu |
nza nze nzi nzo nzu |
tra tre tri tro tru |
With four or more letter architecture, combinations technically become multiples of the above bricks eg drileba combines DRI with LE and BA, inyasa combines I with NYA and SA, zamva combines ZA with MVA, etc. To make Lugbara feel less difficult to learn, try chopping words into one, two or three-letter chunks. NDR is t... |
VOCABULARY (VOLUME): |
Aa |
a (n) stomach, belly; (prep, suffix) at, (is) in, on, to; (pron) I; we (also ama) eg A ga si = I have refused |
a a (adj) not true, not at all, no (also yo); (prep) across |
aa (v) stay, reside (also oa) eg Toro Suru ma Omukama ni aa Foti Poto-a. = Toro Kingdom's King stays in Fort Portal. |
aba (adj) many, abundant, a lot; (v) stray |
ababa (n) madness, craziness |
Abairo (n) waterfalls on River Asa in Oyufi Village (Wandi Parish within Oluko Subcounty, Ayivu Division of Arua City) meaning "abundant (water)", transformed by John Acile as a tourist attraction since 2006, found at the end of Waterfalls Road and eastwards below Arise Center |
Abaku (n) name meaning "I do not create" |
abala (n) competition, betting (also betingi) eg 'Ba ode le abala betingi ni. = Youth love betting competitions. |
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