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amala

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See also:Amala,amalá,amalà,amala-,anda-måla

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromYorubaàmàlà.

Noun

amala (uncountable)

A thick paste made fromyam orcassava flour, eaten chiefly inYoruba cuisine.
- 2002 September 20, Steve Dolinsky, “All Over the Map”, inChicago Reader‎^[1]:
  Theamala, or fermented yam, is an acquired taste, arriving in a grayish steamed mound, wrapped in plastic; it's neither sweet nor sour.

Translations

thick paste made from yam or cassava flour

Nigerian Pidgin:amala
Portuguese:amalá m
Yoruba:àmàlà

See also

Amala (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Verb

amala

Manchu

Romanization

amala

romanization ofᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠ

Romani

Noun

amala

nominative plural ofamal

Spanish

Verb

amala

second-person singular voseoimperative ofamar combined withla

Yoruba

Àmàlà pẹ̀lú gbẹ̀gìrì àti ewédú.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mà.là/

Noun

àmàlà

amala(thick paste made from yam or cassava flour)

Derived terms

alámàlà(“amala seller”)
àmàlà ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀(“amala made from plantain”)
àmàlà láfún(“amala made from cassava flour”)

Descendants

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

Zulu

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*màdà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amáːla/

Noun

amála class6

hollowness in thestomach due tohunger

Inflection

Class 6 (locative—)
	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

References

C. M. Doke;B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-la”, inZulu-English Dictionary,→ISBN: “-la (6.3.9)”

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