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Acholi Phrasebook

Construction

Peace Corps Acholi Language Course

Occupations

English Acholi
Builder lagedo
Carpenter lacwer bao
Electrician layub mac

Materials (jami gedo)

English Acholi
Bamboo koo
Barbed wire cengenge
Bricks matafali
Cement cimiti
Grass thatch ot lum
Gravel guu guu
Iron sheets bati
Lime laim
Nail cumar
Padlock kopulu
Paint rangi
Sand kweyo
Screens keyi keyi kweyo
Screws nati awira
Tiles (indoor) / Tiles (roof) tiles / matangula
Timber bao
Wire waya

Tools (gin tic)

English Acholi
Hammer nyono
Hoe kweri
Paintbrush brac
Ladder layit / rwom
Saw langol bao
Screwdriver latwe jora
Spade malaga madit / otok cet (ciperi)
Wheelbarrow wilbar
Wooden wheelbarrow gadi gadi

Structures

English Acholi
Bore hole tangi
Ceiling dan ot
Door dogola
Fence cell
Foundation te ot
Frame fram
Gate dog cel
Health clinic ot yat
House ot
Latrine ot coron
Latrine cover laum dog coron
Library library
Office opici
Outlet coket mac
Power / electricity mac alingtwic
Rafter ring bim
Roof wi ot
Room nge kicika (rum)
School gang kwan
Veranda but ot
Wall kor ot
Well wang it
Window wang ot