malami

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mal- +‎ ami

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /malˈami/
  • Hyphenation: mal‧a‧mi
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ami

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

  • hati (rare, literary)

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. teacher
  2. scholar
  3. official, supervisor

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nupe: málàmi, málàm̄, máǹ

References[edit]

Nupe[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

málàmi (plural málàmizhì)

  1. mallam; imam