otal
See also: ótal
Nzadi
Adjective
otál (plural etál)
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Swedish
Etymology
o- + tal. Compare with Danish utal, Norwegian utall, Icelandic útal, Middle Low German untal, and German Unzahl.
Noun
otal n
- a large unknown number, an innumerable amount, a myriad
Usage notes
Often used more as a synonym for många (“many”) in deliberate exaggerations, a bit like umpteen or innumerable.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | otal | — |
| definite | — | — | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |