Translation of "wala" into English

Abazadde bangi emirimu gye bakola giri wala okuva we basula.

Many fathers and mothers work at jobs away from home.

Ababeera wala, ng’akitwala nti tebasaanira kwagala kwe na kufiibwako?

Does he keep distant from them, feeling that they are unworthy of his love and attention?

Ekiwuubaalo kye bafuna mu bufumbo ng’obwo kisingira wala ekyo kye baalina nga tebannayingira bufumbo.

The loneliness that results may be far greater than any that they experienced before they married.