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	la, la \\ // (n.) okra
	labaari, labaaro (H) \la *baa* ri\ // (L13, 18) [baru, kabaaru] (n) news, information, story, history labaari si (H) \la *baa* ri si\ (adv.) suddenly, without warning (L18) [baru si]
	labtanda, labtanda \lab *tan* da\^§ // (L8) (n.) one variety of squash [genus Cucurbita]
	laabu, laabo {labu, labo; lebu, lebo} \laa bu\ // (L5) [ganda] (n.) land, country, area; soil, earth, mud, banco laabu bulungo \\ dust of the earth laabu koy, laabu koyo \\ (n.) chief of an area
	lakaw \\ // (v.) to wither
	lakkal \lak kal\ // 1. (v.) to pay attention, to give attention
	2. lakkal, lakkalo {laakal} \*lak* kal, *lak* kal o\^$ // (L18) (n.) intelligence, wisdom; memory; savoir vivre boro kaŋ sinda laakal \\ (n.) fool [saamo] lakkal ga \~ ga\ (adv.) according to intelligence, wisdom (L18) lakkal-jaŋay, lakkal-jaŋa \\ (n.) folly, unreasonableness (without wisdom), ay di kaŋ lakkal-jaŋay no it seems to me unreasonable lakkal kaani, lakkel kaano {~ kaaney, ~ kaana} \\ (n.) memory lakkal-zaaray, lakkal-zaara \\ (n.) ingratitude, thanklessness; desire laakal-zaaray ŋwaarikoy, laakal-zaaray ŋwaarikoyo \\ (n.) glutton; gourmand, gastronome
	lakkalkooni, lakkalkoono {laakalkooni, /o} \\ // (n.) wise person, sage
	lakkalyaŋ, lakkalyaŋo \lak kal yaŋ, lak kal yaŋ o\ // (n.) (act of) paying attention
	laala \*laa* la\ // (L17) 1. (v.) to be evil, to be dangerous, to be difficult to defeat laala ciinay \\ (v.) to mutter wickedness 2. (n.) def.sin. of laalay 3. (adj.) def.sin. of laalo
	laalay, laala {laala, laala} \*laa* lay\ // (L17) (n.) evil, badness, wickeness
	laalo, laala \*laa* lo\ // (L17) (adj.) bad, evil, fallen alman laalo, alman laala \\ (n.) beast
	laalandi {laalendi} \laa lan di\ // (v.) to make bad, to make evil
	laali \*laa* li\ //^§ (L17) (v.) to curse, to put a curse on
	lamba \*lam* ba\ // (L26) 1. (v.) to touch, to lay one's hand (upon); to be next; to hide, to lurk (in darkness), to conceal or camouflage oneself; ni ma lamba ay koŋŋey gaa stay here next to my maidens, ma si lamba i gaa do not touch them
	2. lamba, lambaa \\ // (n.) number, numeral; image, sign, marker
	laami \laa mi\ // 1. (v.) to need to have, to come to need; araŋ ga laami nda boro fo kaŋ ga dondonandi ... araŋ se you need to have someone teach you ... 2. (v.) to desire, to envy
	3. laami, laamo \laa mi\ // (n.) envy, jealousy; duty
	laasaabu \laa saa bu\ // [kabu] 1. (v.) to calculate; to value, to assess, to evaluate; to count, to account, to regard, to charge i s'a banando lasaabu a se sanda gomni cine the reward is not counted to him as grace
	2. laasaabu, laasaabo \laa saa bu\ // (n.) calculation; reflexion, consideration, thought laasaabo te \\ (v.) to value, to assess; to make calculations laasaabo timmanta\\ (n.) the sum
	lasaabuyaŋ, lasaabuyaŋo {lasaabyoŋ} \la saa bu yaŋ, la saa bu yaŋ o\ // (n.) (act of) reflecting, considering, numbering; i bisa lasaabuyaŋ they are more than can be numbered alborey lasaabuyaŋ the number of the men a fundo jiirey lasaabuyaŋ the length of her/his life
	leemu, leemo {lemu, lemo} \lee mu\ // (L8) (n.) lime; orange (fruit of Citrus aurantifolia, French limon) leemu beeri, leemu beero \lee mu bee ri\ (n.) orange (fruit of Citrus sinensis; lit. big limon) leemu kayniyo, leemu kayna \lee mu kay na\ (n.) lemon (fruit of Citrus limon; lit. small limon))
	lettr, lettro (F) \\ // (n.) letter
	litre, litro (F) \\ // (L13) (n.) litre
	lokkol, lokkolo (F) \lok kol, lok kol o\ // (L7) (n.) school lokkoliize, lokkoliizo {lokkol'ize, lokkol'izo} \lok ko lii ze\ (n) pupil, student, apprentice (L6)
	lokoto, lokota \\ // [loku, loko; kange] corner, angle; (by extention) foot; lokota zijanta nda Feejey Meyo game ra mo between the ascent of the corner and the Sheep Gate lokoto taaci \\ (n.) foursquare; a jezey lokoto-taaci-koy yaŋ no, manti kurkutu yaŋ no bo their panels were foursquare, not round
	loktoro, loktora {lokotoro, lokotora} \lok to ro\ // (L19) (n.) (male) nurse; doctor loktoro beeri, loktoro beero \\ (n.) doctor, physician loktoro kwaara, loktoro kwaara\\ (n.) (outpatients') clinic, health centre loktoro kwaara gaayaŋ, loktoro kwaara gaayaŋo \\ (n.) hospitalisation loktoro kwaara moto, loktoro kwaara mota \\ (n.) ambulance
	loktorotaray, loktorotara \\ // (n.) medicine, medical science
	looku, looko \loo ku\ // corner, angle
	londi, londo \severl\ // (L10, 20) 1. \lon di\^§ (n.) bone marrow; (by extension) brain boŋlondi, boŋlondo \\ (n.) brain 2. \lon di\ (n.) bell, handbell
	londibuunay, londibuuna \\ // (n.) weakness; ndunnya londibuuney the weak things of the world gonda londibuunay \\ (v.) to be weak [buunay]
	lonko, lonka {loŋko, loŋka} \\ // (n.) anterior fontanelle nooru lonko, nooru lonka \\ (n.) purse [nooru foolo]
	lordi (F) \*lor* di\ // (L10) (v.) to order, to command (from French l'ordre)
	lordi, lordo (F) \*lor* di\ // (L10) (n.) commandment, order
	loulou \\ // (L5) (n.) freshwater snail (animal)
	lutu {luttu} \lu tu\ // (L16) 1. (v.) to be stopped up, to be stuffed up; a nina ga lutu his nose is stuffed up; to be deaf
	2. lutu, luto {luttu} \lu tu\ // (L16) (n.) deaf person (not necessarily mute)

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