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Profession
Profession
Below in the table we list down professions in Acholi and English.
English | Acholi |
teacher | Lapwony |
Nurse | Lapidi |
herdsmen | Lakwat |
Farmer | Lapur |
expert | ladiro |
interpreter/linguist | ladum |
black magician | lajok |
prophet | lanebi |
cook | latedo |
carpenter | lapac |
police | abili |
soldier | lamwony |
chief | rwot |
Conversation
English | Acholi |
yes | eyo |
No | koo/peke |
Hello | helo |
please | doo |
TRUE | ada/kakare |
things | gin |
perhaps | gwoki/gwok nyo |
here | kany |
there | kenyo |
first of all | kong |
there | kuka/kuca/ |
this | cage |
that | ege |
like that | kumeno |
like this | kit man |
where | kwene |
very much | mada |
for | me |
which | mene |
mine/yours | mera/meru / mega/megi |
like | mito |
some | mo |
another | mukene |
that | ni |
on the following day | orwone |
of | pa |
not yet | peya |
quick/fast | pio/oyot |
like | calo |
Middle | Nier |
Wisdom | Rungula |
Buckle up | Bedi me i yube. |
Governance
Acholi | English |
kal | parliament |
cungo iwi bye | politics |
ker | governance |
kacokke | assembly, meeting, council |
karan | clerk/secretary |
kwiri | vote |
kwongo | swear/oath |
latel wic | guide, leader |
loc | government |
lokiko | court, courthouse |
lwak | Crowd |
mony | army |
nampara | headman |
obaca | corporal |
Farm
English | Acholi |
Pasture | olet |
vine | olok |
potatoes | layata/liyata |
Liyata(potatoes)
Acholi | English |
Boko | Boiling |
Lieto | heating |
Muro | warming |
Ngado | peeling |
mwodo | eating(raw) |
kwinyo | digging |
mwoyo | drying |
Cudo | making hip |
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