amala

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àmàlà.

Noun

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.

Translations

See also

Asturian

Verb

amala

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

Manchu

Romanization

amala

  1. romanization of ᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠ

Romani

Noun

amala

  1. nominative plural of amal

Spanish

Verb

amala

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mà.là/

Noun

àmàlà

  1. 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

From Proto-Bantu *màdà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amáːla/

Noun

amála class 6

  1. hollowness in the stomach due to hunger

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

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