malele

How to say it

Meaning

orchilla or litmus lichen, a Rocella species used to produce a dye; the plural forms maleleji and malelezi refer to the period between monsoon seasons.

Good to know

a botanical term for a dye-producing lichen; related plural forms describe the seasonal transition between monsoons.

Examples

• Wavuvi walikusanya malele pwani.The fishermen collected orchilla lichen on the coast.
• Je, malele hutumika kutengeneza rangi?Is orchilla lichen used to make dye?
• Hakuna malele mengi mwaka huu.There isn't much orchilla lichen this year.
• Watauza malele waliyokusanya.They will sell the orchilla lichen they collected.