Northern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Noun

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ímalí class 9 (plural izimali class 10)

  1. money

Inflection

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Serbo-Croatian

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Participle

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imali (Cyrillic spelling имали)

  1. masculine plural active past participle of imati

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Noun

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ímalí class 9 (plural tímalí class 10)

  1. money

Inflection

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Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl).[1][2] Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ímalí class 9 (plural íimalí class 10)

  1. money

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2011) “Swahili: A Donor Language”, in Lingua Posnaniensis[1], volume 53, number 1, →DOI, page 15 of 7-24
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 386 of 381-387

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ímalí class 9 (plural izimâlí class 10)

  1. money

Inflection

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Class 9/10
Singular Plural
Full form imali izimali
Locative emalini ezimalini
Singular Plural
Full form imali izimali
Simple form mali zimali
Locative emalini ezimalini
Copulative yimali yizimali
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wemali owemali wezimali owezimali
Class 2 bemali abemali bezimali abezimali
Class 3 wemali owemali wezimali owezimali
Class 4 yemali eyemali yezimali eyezimali
Class 5 lemali elemali lezimali elezimali
Class 6 emali awemali ezimali awezimali
Class 7 semali esemali sezimali esezimali
Class 8 zemali ezemali zezimali ezezimali
Class 9 yemali eyemali yezimali eyezimali
Class 10 zemali ezemali zezimali ezezimali
Class 11 lwemali olwemali lwezimali olwezimali
Class 14 bemali obemali bezimali obezimali
Class 15 kwemali okwemali kwezimali okwezimali
Class 17 kwemali okwemali kwezimali okwezimali

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: mali

References

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