English-Waalii
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label n. ‘bigiree; ‘bigihee bungseumaruu; pl. ‘bigihee bungseumarihi.
laboratory n. labolatiri; buunhu piehibu ‘deu/tuma ‘jie.
laborious adj. 1 (of work) (tung) kpiengaa; (tung) mara 2 tari tuora.
labour 2 v. 1 tung; tuna tuma; nyuri; nyura; muo ‘nimbiri tuna 2 (in breathing) vuunha ‘guoro; vugira faana 3 labour under somebody/something ‘dire dogee nie ‘nuuhing; nye wahala/tuora yeli ingang.
labour 1 n. 1 tuma; chewali 2 tungkpiengaa; pl. tungkpieni; tungkpienhi 3 (workers) tuntuniba (pl) 4 (of child birth) (dogibu wagiri) wahala/dogee; dogiri’puo baahi.
labourer n. tuntuna; pl. tuntuniba.
labyrinth n. so nyangnyalingsang; so’nyaasii; soganlii.
lace 1 n. 1 ‘leesi ‘woori 2 (of shoes) nagitiri bung‘leree/’ngmiihi; nagitie bung’lerihi; ‘ngmie.
lace 2 v. 1 lace up ‘le aning nagitie bung’lerihi; jirihi; jiriha 2 lace into somebody fiebi (nie); woo (nie).
lacerate v. (inggbangu); weri; wera; ngmaa; ngmaara.
laceration n. weribu; ngmaabu.
lack 1 v. lack (in) kong; konna; ba tari; hieng; hiena 2 v. be lacking ba tara 3 v. lack for bo; buora; hieng; hiena 4 n. kombu; bataribu; hiembu; nang.
lackadaisical adj. & adv. gbechee; suung; gbelee.
lactose n. birung/bihung (‘puo) ‘sikiri.
lad n. ‘bi-doo (D); ‘bi-dau; pl. ‘bi daba; ‘bi-polii; pl. ‘bi-pola; (‘bi) poli‘bile; pl. (‘bi) poli‘bilii.
ladder n. dari/daruu; pl. dee.
laden adj. laden with ‘tuo guri ning.
ladle n ‘suroo; ‘suree; pl. ‘surihi. v. ladle n ‘suroo; ‘suree; pl. ‘surihi. (out) ‘sugi (aning ‘suroo) tori; ‘sugiro tora.
lady n. 1 (corr. to gentleman) pogisaraa; pl. pogisarihi 2 (used courteously for woman) poga; pl. pogiba; poginuoraa; pl. poginuorihi 3 (attrib) a lady doctor dogitapoga 4 Ladies; (as a sing. n.) pogiba selinga/singsuo 5 (compounds): lady‘s/ladies’ man: pogiba chena. lady-like adj. tari pogisarihung girima. ladyship n pogisarihung.
lag 2 n. 1 maabu; baahi ‘puoring 2 ‘vuo.
lag 1 v. maa; kpeling ‘puoring.
laggard n. ningmaahuu; baala.
lagoon n. kuonhuu ang toonhi kongkpong kanga.