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:
      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
Àmàlà pẹ̀lú gbẹ̀gìrì àti ewédú.

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
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

References
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