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^[1]:

     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

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

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