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lwala

English → Luganda

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Meaning

o- plur. enjala (lu/n) nail, fingernail, toenail; talon; claw. cf. akaala, 2ekyala, eryala (lyala).

lwala, o- plur. enjala (lu/n) nail, fingernail, toenail; talon; claw. cf. akaala, 2ekyala, eryala (lyala).

Related Words
lwala (-lwadde ndwadde) v.i. become sick/ill; be sick/ill. lwaliiro o- plur. enjaliiro (lu/n) banana leaf in which bananas are wrapped before cooking; strips of banana stems laid in the area where b lwalira (-lwalidde) v.i. appl. be sick in/ at etc. lwaliza (-lwalizizza) v.tr. appl. caus. make sick in/at etc. Omulwadde yamulwa- liza mu ddwaliro ly'e Mmengo. He kept the patient in Mmengo Hospital. lwaza caus. of lwala q.v. lwalalwala (-lwaddelwadde) v.i. redup. be rather sickly; be sick from time to time. lwali: kukuba lwali to talk on and on without regard to the passage of time or the pressure of work. lwalika (-Iwalise) v.i. neut. Omusujja gw'ensiri tegulwalika. Malaria is a terrible disease to be sick with. cf. -lwadde obulwadde, eddwaliro, omulwadde, endwadde. lwaliriza (-lwalirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make (someone) out to be sick; permit to linger on in illness.