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malaka

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Meaning

a- plur. (li/ma) neck, throat area. Alina amalaka. He is a boaster/braggart. Yamugwa mu malaka. He seized him by the throat.

malaka, a- plur. (li/ma) neck, throat area. Alina amalaka. He is a boaster/braggart. Yamugwa mu malaka. He seized him by the throat.

Related Words
mala a- plur. (li/ma) instep; sole of the foot. mala (-maze) v.tr. finish complete; use up, consume; spend (time); satisfy, be sufficient for. v.i. suffice, be sufficient; be adequate; be enough. As an au malaalo a- plur. (li/ma) grave, tomb. malady endwadde, obulwadde. malagala a- plur. of eddagala, q.v. malagolago a- plur. (li/ma) husky, deep voice; change of voice in an adolescent boy as he approaches maturity, as an adv. huskily, in a deep malala a- also amalalalala always plur. (li/ma) pride. malangaata a- plur. (li/ma) isolation, solitude, a deserted place; wilds, wilderness. malangalanga a- plur. (li/ma) rays of the sun. malaria omusujja gw'ensiri. Malayika (la) pa/. Ar.J angel, okusoma Malayika, to recite the Angels. malaaya plur. bamalaaya (la) [Sw. Ar.[\ prostitute, harlot, cf. obwamalaaya.