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mbala

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Meaning

e- (n/n) kind; type; sort; appearance. cf. ebbala, ^ekibala.

mbala, e- (n/n) kind; type; sort; appearance. cf. ebbala, ^ekibala.

Related Words
mbala e- (n/n) way of counting, way of reckoning, cf. ^bala. mbalaasi e- (n/n) [Ar., Sw.2 horse, emba- laasi ez'empaka, race horses. mbalabaasa e- t>or. of embalasaasa, q.v. mbalabala e- (n/n) kind of spotted tick which is far more dangerous to cattle than the usual ticks. mbalabe e- (n/n) pimple on the face; acne. mbalakaso e- (n/n) groin, hollow of the thigh. mbalangu e- (n/n) often as attrib. to another substantive, intrepid/bold person; brusque person, embalangu y'omusajja or omusajja embalangu mbalasaasa e- also embalabaasa (n/n) kind of small poisonous snake. Mmwe emisota, abaana b'embalasaasa. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers mbalaza e- plur. of olubalaza, q.v. mbale e- see -bale. mbaliga e- (n/n) splayfootedness; fig. nonconformity, deviation from an accepted pattern of action, ow'embaliga, one who walks with both f mbalirira e- (n/n) way of counting/reckoning. embalirira y'ensimbi, budget. cf. ^bala, balirira.