O - o
| oar | nkáhí |
| obeche | múkúngú |
| obey | -hulíká gháá bhákulú |
| obstruct the sight | -jígháálísyá |
| obtain | -pátá |
| occipital protrusion | nkoónto |
| occiput | lúkǒ |
| of course | bhúsíla syǎka |
| · | hátúhú syǎka |
| of my dear friend | naane |
| · | násyaané |
| of which | -á=hě |
| office chair | ofisichéa |
| oficer | músilíkálé |
| often | mála kééngi |
| oil | máfutá |
| oil-palm fruit | síghásí |
| oil-palm tree | múghásí |
| old | -á kále |
| old age | mághobhé |
| old elephant with big ivories | nselébhwé |
| old man | múkeekúlú |
| old thing | iikáma |
| old times | kále |
| olden times | nfuku syǎ kálé |
| · | uukále |
| old-fashioned | sínyáakalé |
| oleander | músóngátí |
| · | mútwentwé |
| oleaster | músantú |
| on the roof | kúlúghamba ná nyúmba |
| on the top of the house | kúlúghamba ná nyúmba |
| on the tree (inside) | kúnengé |
| one | móoja |
| · | -mwǐ |
| oneself | -ongwǎ |
| onion | situngúlu |
| only | -á mwênga |
| · | -á mwéngá |
| · | =e |
| · | -ongwǎ |
| · | tu= |
| ooze | -sóóbhá |
| open | -jíghúlá |
| open oen's legs | -tándábhálá |
| open one's eyes | -sínsúká |
| open one's mouth (of a dead) | -ghasámá |
| open space | lúhyǎ |
| open the gate of the pen | -jíghúlílá ng'óombe |
| opposite side | kúlwámbúkó |
| opposite side (of water) | lwámbúkó (no) |
| orally-challenged | kátǎ |
| orange | iichûngwa |
| orange tree | muchuúngwa |
| orchitis | ííhághá |
| order | -hamulísya |
| · | -kubhísyá |
| orge | múghábhó |
| orphan | káléékwá |
| · | múlékwá |
| · | nfuúfi |
| ostracize? | -teléká |
| other place | hásimá |
| our father | siifwě |
| our grandparent | nyínéefwěkulú |
| our mother | nyínéefwě |
| out | kûnsé |
| outrun (sb.) | -lungá |
| outside | hânsé |
| outside of the thigh | nkumá |
| outy | múnyonyó múkulú |
| over there | ááhó |
| · | haáhalí |
| · | haáho |
| · | halyǎ |
| overflow | -bhumbíká |
| · | -bhumbíkíla |
| owl | lisiínyi |
| owl sp | ghwǎnsisí |
| · | káápúlú |
| owner | kányáá nyúmbá |
| · | nyené |
| ox | ng'óómbêngóósí |