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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...wa pamwamba, to lift off the top lump of nsima porridge. Ku-liula mirala, to lift off the stone. Liula diwa la madote, lift up the clay-fall of the trap. Liula rfupaka, ku sunza ku kazika pena, lift off the stand, to carry it and put it elsewhere. Liula mtolo, lift off the burden. Liula chindu, To Recix The Roof, by sticking the bamboo rafters into the central chikunje. liuka, -utsa, -udwa; also liulnla. Liula, the bend up of a verandah roof; liula lac/te, maliula ache. Liula, a kind of fruit, the size of a plum, with stone; plu. maula; the tree, muula. Liunda, or bunda, the young of large birds--e.g., of a pigeon; plu. maunda. Liunga, A Head-Dress, made of bamboo head circle with feathers fixed in: ntenga za mjumbice a-exa maunga, they use fluffy feathers to make head-dresses. Liwala, I., A Spot; plu. tnawala, or mala (double a); nuaru nja mala mala, or manna manga (the same long a, double), spotted or coloured cloth; also ya mipyololo, in lines, ya minozi, in spots. Liwala, II., A Threshing-Floor; plu. matiimla; maliwala a-knla woyanika, pena pa-ku-lima-lima pena pa lengo, a anika-po mbeu zao, the places for threshing nuts or grain are spread out, sometimes where they hoe, sometimes in the bush, they spread out there their grain. Liwalo, a joint, a piece of meat, or fowl. Liwamba, the scale of a serpent or fish; plu. mamba (long double a), SCALES. Liwel-; see liwer-. Liwanje, grass like linkoche; good for food, na-masula nakunla (madra a-kiei amba) na-sinja mima, they loosen the husk, and beat it and pound it to make nsima. Liwengwa, A Powder-horn; nyanga ya ng'ombe yo-kwajatidwa, a cow's horn slung round one's shoulder; lamha la ehikopa, or kulu la njobru, a belt made of skin, or elephant's ear; a-i-tsupnla chikopa cha ng'ombe, they skin...