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“L” Words

ladder
ngazi
lake
jito
lake
majito
lake
ziwa
lamp
taa
lamp
taa
larva
lava
larva
bombwe
Latin
Kirumi
law
sheria
leave
toka
leave
kuondoka
leg
mguu
Leibniz
Leibniz
lemon
ndimu
lemon
ndimu
lemon
ndimu
lemonade
maji ya limau
leopard
chui
library
maktaba
library
maktaba
lieutenant
luteni
life
uhai
life
maisha
life
uhai
life
uhai
light
mwanga
light
mwanga
light
mwanga
light
epesi
like
kupenda
linguist
mwanaisimu
lion
simba
lioness
simba jike
live
ishi
locust
nzige
loneliness
upweke
look
angalia
loud
-kubwa
luck
bahati
Lukashenko
Lukashenko
Luke
Luka
Luxembourg
Lasembagi
lyre
lira
lyre
kinubi kidogo