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bale

BA-leh

ball

Generalnoun

French: le ballon

Bana bazali kobeta bale.

The children are playing ball.

Les enfants jouent au ballon.

Ball — the heart of a dusty courtyard game. Bale (from the French) is a ball. Football is a national passion, and a bale — even one of rolled rags — turns any open ground into a pitch full of shouting children.

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