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Learn some Luo-pean Terms...Omera ...

Its fun to learn some terms and phrases from  our kenyans brothers and sisters from other mothers , next time we will feature another group, we are allllll kenyans all the time.

Greetings

How are you? (informal) Amosi?

    Very well. Ber ahinya.

    This is literally, "I greet you," a-mos-i.

How is your morning? Ichiyo nade?

    My morning is going well. Achiyo ma ber.

This is literally, How did you wake?. The verb to wake is chiewo, according to ABO.

Compare to Acholi Lwo in northern Uganda: Ichiyo ni nin? Achiyo ma ber.

How is your afternoon? Irio nade? (note: this greeting is less commonly used than either the morning or evening forms.)

    My afternoon is going well. Ario ma ber.

How is your evening? Idhi nade?

    My evening is going well. Adhi ma ber.

This is literally, How are you going?. The verb to go or to be going is dhi, according to ABO.

How is the morning? Oyaore?

    The morning is going well. Oyaore ahinya.

How is the day? Osaore? (used around midday)

    The day is going well. Osaore ahinya.

How is the evening? Owimore?

    The evening is going well. Owimore ahinya.

General:

Thank you (very much), Erokamano (ahinya)

 

    Note that thanks are quite different in Uganda's Acholi Lwo: "Apwoyo (ma tek)."

I'll be back. Abiroduogo

Slowly, slowly. Mos, mos. This is equivalent to pole, pole in Kiswahili.

We'll see each other [later]. Wabironenore.

Let's see each other tomorrow. Wanere kiny.

I'm (very) sorry. Mos (ahinya). Equivalent to pole (sana) in Kiswahili.

Sleep well. Nindi ma ber.

 

I want... Adwaro...

You want... Odwaro...

I know... Ang'eyo...

 I don't know... Ok ang'eyo...

I like... Ahero...

Goodbye. Oriti.

Numbers:

One, achiel

Two, ariyo

Three, adek

Four, ang'wen

Five, abich

 

Six, auchiel

Seven, abiriyo

Eight, aboro

Nine, ochiko

Ten, apar

Eleven, apar gachiel

Twelve, apar gariyo

...

Nineteen, apar ga ochiko

Twenty, piero ariyo

Twenty one, piero ariyo gachiel

Thirty, piero adek

...

One Hundred, piero apar achiel or mia achiel. The first option is according to ABO. However, I have never heard this; all Kenyan Luo speakers I have met use mia or mia achiel, importing the word from Kiswahili.

 

Two Hundred, piero apar ariyo or mia ariyo. (Again, I believe the latter is much more frequently used.)

From the Wikipedia:

I want water, adwaro pii

I am thirsty, riyo nega (ABO translates thirst as riyo, and thirsty as bedo gi riyo.)

Thank you, ero kamano

Child, nyathi

Student, nyathi skul

Sit, bed

Stand,Stop, chung

Hunger, kech

I am starved, kech nega

 

Father, baba (ABO says, wuoro. Baba is Kiswahili.)

Mother, mama (ABO says, dhako or miyo as well. Mama is Kiswahili.)

God, nyasaye

To help, kony (The verb in Acholi is exactly the same. The Lord's Resistance Army--a band of rebels that has terrorized villages in northeast Uganda, kidnapped thousands of children, forced them to be child soldiers, and carried out a variety of other atrocities against civilians--is led by a man named Joseph Kony.)

Man, dichuo

Woman, dhako

Boy, wuowi

Girl, nyako

Book, buk (or kitabu, the Kiswahili word.)

Youth, rawera

Pen, kalam

Short, curuari

Trousers, curuach long

Table, mesa

Plate, san

lock, rarind

Leader, jatelo,ruoth

Bring, kel

Go, dhi

Go back, dog

Come back, dwog

Run, ring

Walk, wuoth

Jump, dum

Rain, koth

 

Sun, chieng

Moon, duwe

Fish, rech

I want to eat, adwaro chiemo

Grandpa, kwaru,kwara (According to ABO, kwaro.)

Grandma, dani,dana (According to ABO, dayo.)

White man, ja rachar

Black man, ja rateng

Some verbs:

To teach, pwonjo (I teach, apwonjo)

To learn, pwonjore (You learn, ipwonjo) (Note that this is the verb for teach, but with the reflexive suffix added. Kiswahili also uses this structure: To teach is kufunza, while to learn is to teach oneself, kujifunza.)

To run, ringo

To eat, chiemo (or chamo, according to ABO)

To drink, madho or modho

To sleep, nindo

To want, dwaro

To know, ng'eyo

To like, hero

To see, neno

To rise, malo

To support, teno

To return, duoko (or duogo; ABO only lists the former.)

To scare, buogo (or bwogo; ABO only lists the former.)

Other vocabulary:

 

Luo man, ja Luo

 

Teacher, ja pwonj

Hill, got

River, aora

Mountain, got maduong'

Chicken, gwenye (According to ABO, gwen, which is listed as meaning poultry.)

Cat, nyambura or paka according to ABO. (Note that paka is also the Kiswahili word, and Nyambura is also a woman's name.)

Dog, guok (pl. guogi)

Firefly, otit mach

Cow, dok or dhiang'

Insect, kudni

Bug, chwarni, kudni, jams. (ABO doesn't explain distinctions.)

Cloth, nanga

Ball, mpira (Note this is the same as in Kiswahili.)

Food, chiemo

Drink (n), math

Banana, rabolo

Maize (or ugali, the food made from maize meal), kwon

Milk, chak

Easy, ma yot

Difficult, ma tek

Small, matin

Large, maduong'

Cold, ma ng'ich

Today, kawuono

Tonight, otieno ma kawuono

 

Tomorrow, kiny

Day, odiechieng'

Morning, okinyi mathi

Night, gotieno

Ice, pee

Water, pi (Note that ABO writes pi, while Wikipedia writes pii.)

No water, onge pi

Fire, mach

Near, machiegni

Word, wach

Power, teko

Firefly, rise! Otit mach malo, seen written on a truck (lorry) in western Kenya.

Eye, wang' (pl. wange)

Head, wich (Note Kiswahili: kichwa)

Nose, um

Mouth, dhok

Ear, it

Yes, ee or duoko (Note that ee is also used in Luhya.)

No, dawe (Note that dawe or tawe is also used in some Luhya dialects.)

Good, maber

Bad, marach

Sin, ketho

Life, ngima

Death, tho