Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

mal- +‎ ami

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /malˈami/
  • Hyphenation: mal‧a‧mi
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ami

Verb edit

malami (present malamas, past malamis, future malamos, conditional malamus, volitive malamu)

  1. to hate, dislike
    • L. L. Zamenhof, Homaranismo, Section 10,
      Neniam mi devas malami aŭ persekuti iun pro tio, ke lia kredo pri Dio estas alia ol mia.
      I must never hate or persecute anyone because his belief in God is different from mine.

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

  • hati (rare, literary)

Antonyms edit

Related terms edit

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Kanuri málə̀m (scholar), from Arabic مُعَلِم (muʕalim, teacher).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /máː.là.míː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [máː.lə̀.míː]

Noun edit

mālàmī m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai, possessed form mālàmin)

  1. teacher
  2. scholar
  3. official, supervisor

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nupe: málàmi, málàm̄, máǹ

References edit

Nupe edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Hausa mālàmī, from Kanuri málə̀m (scholar), from Arabic مُعَلِم (muʕalim, teacher).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

málàmi (plural málàmizhì)

  1. mallam; imam