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laa nm cattle
laabud pt maybe
laadä nf lamb (female)
laada nm lamb (male)
laakin pt but
laale nf traditional song
laama nm razor-blade
laana nf 1. head 2. small hill
laatayloole nf swift (bird)
laatseenä nf new-born (female),
baby-girl
laatseena nm new-born (male),
baby-boy
laazeena nm porcupine,
hedgehog
laazim pt of course, necessarily,
certainly
lab def male, masculine (gender)
labcaade vII to practise, to adapt (intr),
to become accustomed to, to learn
labcaadim nm common, usual
labcaadime vII to be known
labcaadish nm exercise
labcaadishe vII to cause to adapt,
to teach
labcad nm exercise, adaptation,
habit
labha nm man, men ~ labha ekke vI
to become heroic
labhattiino nf heroism
labka nf scapula
labkite vII to mate, to copulate
(of small stock)
labko nf mating of small stock
animals (goats and sheep)
lacane nm large bird of prey,
‘White-headed vulture’
lacat nm handle
lace vII to become hot, to
feel hot
lacina vIII to be hot
lacishe vII to heat
lacna nf 1. hotness 2. fever
lafa nf bone pl lafof/lafuf
lak nm leg pl lakuk m ~ lakti-addaacasa
nf sole (of the foot), lakti-gile nm
big toe
lakalle pt after, afterwards, later,
then ~ lakalle gaxe vII to retreat,
to come back
lakkaatit nf February
lalace vII to bask (before the fire)
lalco nf basking (by the fire)
lalim nm egg(s)
laluc nm species of tree(s)
(Mimusops kummel)
lamaatanna num twenty ~
lamaatannaa kee inik twenty-one
lamba nf kerosene
lambadiina nf bulb, torch,
flashlight
lamma num two! lammaak/lammuk both
~ lamman kee taman twelve
lammaak see lamma
lammafle nf type of snake
lammagale pt around from lamma
and gale
lammuk see lamma
laqhco nf ear-ring
lashshab nf bat
lath nm lowering
lath-erhxe vIV intr to stoop, to descend,
to go down
lax nf she-goat
laxat nm cowrie(s) ~ laxat-maataka
see the separate entry
laxat-maataka nf magician,
soothsayer
laxsuuse vII to cause to be sick,
to cause to suffer
laxsuusute vII to pain, to suffer
laxtam num sixty
laxus nm pain, ache
laxuu nm illness, sickness
laxuute vII to be sick, to be ill
laxuuteenä nf ill/sick person
(female)
laxuuteena nm ill/sick person
(male)
lay nf water ~ layti-ala nf waterbird
(like gooses, ducks, etc.)
lazza nf nutritive/nutritious thing
leddelle pt after, afterwards, later,
then ~ leddelle gaxe vII to retreat,
to come back
leemä nf lamb (female)
leema nm lamb (male)
leemun nm lemon(s)
leeza nf patch
leeze vII to patch
leeziyo nf shaving
lel pt also, even
lellec nm day, date ~
lellecti-abrha
lellectabrha nf midday
lem1 see leya
lem2 pt equivalent, equal, the same
lexeeta nm small rainy season
(in the highland)
leya vIII to have, malih without ~
lem that has from le
lice nm temperature
lifeena nm comb
liffac nm 1. crack 2. ravine
lific nm fingernail, claw
liggidina nf week
liif nm strainer for ‘jabana’
liimom nm slaver, slobber
liisho nf engagment
liishottä nf fiancée
liishotta nm fiancé
likax nm loan ~ likax-bacla/
likax wanna nm debtor (male)
, likax-baclä/likax wannä nf
debtor (female)
lillaage nf 1. sharpness
2. keenness (of things and people), perspicacity
lilliga vIII 1. to be sharp
2. to be keen (of things and person),
to be perspicacious ~ lillig-ishaara nf arrow
limo nf cost, price
lix num six ~ lix ya num sixth,
lixan kee taman sixteen
liya nm loss
loo nm counting, mathematics
loomin nm lemon(s)
lowe vII to count
loynä nf shepherdess
loyna nm shepherd, herdsman
lubak nm lion
lubakto nf lioness
lugam nm bridle
luqhluqh nm painting (walls)
lushsha nm kneading
luuk nm message, messengers
luuktä nf messenger (female)
luukta nm messenger (male)
luul nm pearl
luumeena nm toothbrush
luumute vII to brush the teeth
luwa nf hunger
luwe vII to be hungry
lux nm small plank (board)