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njala

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- no plur. (n/n) hunger; famine.

njala, e- no plur. (n/n) hunger; famine.

Related Words
njala e- plur. of olwala, q.v. njala e- (n/n) way of spreading out. enjala y'ekitanda, the way of making a bed.c f. nyala. njalayagwa e- (n/n) a kind of broad elastic belt, lit. famine (njala) struck (yagwa). njaliiro e- (n/n) rafter, beam; long pieces of firewood to form the base on which other firewood is placed; banana leaves used as a coverin njala (la) kind of tiny insect found on stagnant water in banana gardens. nnakabanda (la) kind of sweet potato. Olu- buto lwali lunkuba nnakabanda olw'enjala. My stomach was grumbling because of hunger. nnamakaabirye (la) owner of two households. Nnamakaabirye afa enjala. (prov.) The man with two homes dies of hunger (perhaps because the wife in