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malami

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Etymology

mal- + ami

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlami/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧mi

Verb

malami (present malamas, past malamis, future malamos, conditional malamus, volitive malamu)

  1. to hate, dislike
    • L. L. Zamenhof, Homaranismo, Section 10,
      Neniam mi devas malami aŭ persekuti iun pro tio, ke lia kredo pri Dio estas alia ol mia.
      I must never hate or persecute anyone because his belief in God is different from mine.

Conjugation

More information present, past ...

Synonyms

  • hati (rare, literary)

Antonyms

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri málə̀m (scholar), from Arabic مُعَلِم (muʕalim, teacher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máː.là.míː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [máː.lə̀.míː]

Noun

mālàmī m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai, possessed form mālàmin)

  1. teacher
  2. scholar
  3. official, supervisor

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nupe: málàmi, málàm̄, máǹ

References

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hausa mālàmī, from Kanuri málə̀m (scholar), from Arabic مُعَلِم (muʕalim, teacher).

Pronunciation

Noun

málàmi (plural málàmizhì)

  1. mallam; imam

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