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

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

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

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