English-Waalii


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lap3v.1lap uplengni; lengna; lenti; lenta2(of water; kuong) lang; lanna3(in a race; zoe/joo ‘puong) die ’yie; diera ’yie.
lap2v.1(cloth etc) wrap round or in: ‘mugili; ‘mugilo (D); ‘muuri (W); (fold) round or in: pori; pora; kpoo; kpoora2(cause to overlap)gang; ganna (taa); daa ’yi; daara ’yire.
lapeln.kparuu bii ‘kooti kokori/koola.
lapse2v.1lapse (from) (into)‘turi; ‘tuling; bori; bora; ngmi gberi2(fall) ‘le; ‘lere; yangli; yangla; yeling; yenna.
lapse1n.1‘turibu; ‘tulingbu; ‘fonnibu;2boribu; gbengmi; yanglibu; yelingbu3(of time; wagiri) faabu; paribu; (interval) ‘vuo; ‘sogiri (D); ‘sogihi.
lardn.‘doba-kaang (D); ‘doba-kpaang.
largeadj.(bung) kpeng; (D) (bung) kpong pl. (bung) bera.largenessn.berihung.
lark2n.(bit of fun)sie; puuri; laari.
lark1n.(small songbird) tiitaa; pl. tiitari (D); tiitaahi.
larvan.‘danduli pl. ‘dandulo.
larynxn.koko‘bie.
lasciviousadj.tari bobeu.lasciviousnessn.bobeu; bobeulung; tari daubo bii pogibo nyelung kpiengaa.
lash1n.1chiiri (D); gbaanaa; kpaaha2eyelash‘nimbi-kooni; koma.
lash2v.1fiebi; fieba; ‘tugili; ‘tugilo; woo; woora; ngmi; ngmira2somebody into (a state)to (nie) ing (yeling)3lash one thing to another; lash things together; ‘le mari (taa); ‘le siiri ‘kpegeke.
lashingn.1‘ngmiihi; pl. ‘ngmie; ‘ngmi-dari; pl. ‘ngmi-dee2fiebuu; ngmiibu; woobu.
lassn.‘bi-poga; pl. ‘bi-pogiba; (sweetheart)lamuga.
lassituden.balibu; jimbuu; loga ‘yiibu; barika baahibu.
last11adj.‘puori daana; baaraa; baahaa daana2adv.‘puoring; baaraang; baahaang3n.bung baahaa; ‘puori bung. At (long) last: a baahaang; a ‘puoring. to/till the last: a gara baaraang (D); a gara a baahaang. breathe one’s last: vuunhi nie vuunhung baahaa; ‘kpi; ngmaa vuunhung.
last2v.1last (out)2gaa; gara ‘nimbi-toori3koori; koora; kauhi; kauha (W); ‘bibe gara; naari; naara.lastingadj.bunkooruu; bunkauhuu; bung naaraa.
latchn.laraa.
late1adj.1(contrasted with early): be late: kauhi; naari; (of time: sanga; wagiri) faa; wagiri kauhuu; sangfaaraa (D) e.g.Don’t be late for workTa wa kauha tuma waang.At a late hourwagiri kauhuung (W); sangfaaraang (D)2(recent)daari (yengyeng) nga3(former) bung’koree4of (recently)dabaa’yi nga.
late2adv.(contrasted with early) sangparaa; ’puoring; sangfaaraang.later onsangparaa ’puoring; (a) ‘puoring; daari (yengyeng) nga.
latelyadv.’beri ‘ayi/dabaa’yi nga; daari yengyeng nga.It is only lately that she has been well enough to go outDabaa’yi/’beri ‘ayi nga (ng) la ung seu fiing ‘wo u na bang ‘yi.
latentadj.(baalung ‘bie-germs) ‘bibe che sogili.
lateraladj.kpangtiri (bung); pl. kpangtie; ‘lombori; pl. ‘lomboe.