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amala

See also: Amala, amalá, amalà, amala-, and a-måla

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yoruba àmàlà.

Noun

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amala (uncountable)

  1. A thick paste made from yam or cassava flour, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine.
    • 2002 September 20, Steve Dolinsky, “All Over the Map”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      The amala, or fermented yam, is an acquired taste, arriving in a grayish steamed mound, wrapped in plastic; it's neither sweet nor sour.

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Asturian

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Verb

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amala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of amalar
  2. second-person singular imperative of amalar

Manchu

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Romanization

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amala

  1. Romanization of ᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠ

Romani

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Noun

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amala

  1. nominative plural of amal

Spanish

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Verb

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amala

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with la

Yoruba

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Àmàlà pẹ̀lú gbẹ̀gìrì àti ewédú.

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Noun

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àmàlà

  1. amala (thick paste made from yam or cassava flour)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: amala
  • → Nigerian Pidgin: amala
  • → Portuguese: amalá

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *màdà.

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Noun

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amála class 6

  1. hollowness in the stomach due to hunger

Inflection

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Class 6
Singular Plural
Full form — amala
Locative — emaleni
Singular Plural
Full form — amala
Simple form — mala
Locative — emaleni
Copulative — ngamala
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 — — wamala owamala
Class 2 — — bamala abamala
Class 3 — — wamala owamala
Class 4 — — yamala eyamala
Class 5 — — lamala elamala
Class 6 — — amala awamala
Class 7 — — samala esamala
Class 8 — — zamala ezamala
Class 9 — — yamala eyamala
Class 10 — — zamala ezamala
Class 11 — — lwamala olwamala
Class 14 — — bamala obamala
Class 15 — — kwamala okwamala
Class 17 — — kwamala okwamala

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