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njala

noun

LanguageTumbuka

Meaning
  1. famine
  2. A period when there is a severe shortage of food.
Examples

Mu chaka ichi muli njala.

There is a famine this year.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteCan also be used to refer to hunger in a general sense.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.