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njala

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See also: njalã

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From a Bantu language, likely either Tsonga nyala or Zulu inyala.

Noun

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njala (plural njalas)

  1. nyala

Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njàdà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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njala class 9 (plural njala class 10)

  1. hunger
  2. famine

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Tsonga nyala.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnjɑlɑ/, [ˈnjɑ̝lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): nja‧la

Noun

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njala

  1. nyala, Tragelaphus angasii

Declension

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Inflection of njala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative njala njalat
genitive njalan njalojen
partitive njalaa njaloja
illative njalaan njaloihin
singular plural
nominative njala njalat
accusative nom. njala njalat
gen. njalan
genitive njalan njalojen
njalain rare
partitive njalaa njaloja
inessive njalassa njaloissa
elative njalasta njaloista
illative njalaan njaloihin
adessive njalalla njaloilla
ablative njalalta njaloilta
allative njalalle njaloille
essive njalana njaloina
translative njalaksi njaloiksi
abessive njalatta njaloitta
instructive njaloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of njala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative njalani njalani
accusative nom. njalani njalani
gen. njalani
genitive njalani njalojeni
njalaini rare
partitive njalaani njalojani
inessive njalassani njaloissani
elative njalastani njaloistani
illative njalaani njaloihini
adessive njalallani njaloillani
ablative njalaltani njaloiltani
allative njalalleni njaloilleni
essive njalanani njaloinani
translative njalakseni njaloikseni
abessive njalattani njaloittani
instructive
comitative njaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative njalasi njalasi
accusative nom. njalasi njalasi
gen. njalasi
genitive njalasi njalojesi
njalaisi rare
partitive njalaasi njalojasi
inessive njalassasi njaloissasi
elative njalastasi njaloistasi
illative njalaasi njaloihisi
adessive njalallasi njaloillasi
ablative njalaltasi njaloiltasi
allative njalallesi njaloillesi
essive njalanasi njaloinasi
translative njalaksesi njaloiksesi
abessive njalattasi njaloittasi
instructive
comitative njaloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative njalamme njalamme
accusative nom. njalamme njalamme
gen. njalamme
genitive njalamme njalojemme
njalaimme rare
partitive njalaamme njalojamme
inessive njalassamme njaloissamme
elative njalastamme njaloistamme
illative njalaamme njaloihimme
adessive njalallamme njaloillamme
ablative njalaltamme njaloiltamme
allative njalallemme njaloillemme
essive njalanamme njaloinamme
translative njalaksemme njaloiksemme
abessive njalattamme njaloittamme
instructive
comitative njaloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative njalanne njalanne
accusative nom. njalanne njalanne
gen. njalanne
genitive njalanne njalojenne
njalainne rare
partitive njalaanne njalojanne
inessive njalassanne njaloissanne
elative njalastanne njaloistanne
illative njalaanne njaloihinne
adessive njalallanne njaloillanne
ablative njalaltanne njaloiltanne
allative njalallenne njaloillenne
essive njalananne njaloinanne
translative njalaksenne njaloiksenne
abessive njalattanne njaloittanne
instructive
comitative njaloinenne

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Kambera

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Etymology

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Cognate with Laboya jala.

Verb

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njala

  1. (intransitive) to be wrong

Derived terms

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References

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  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲala/

Verb

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njala

  1. inflection of njallat:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Tumbuka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njàdà.

Noun

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njala class 9 (plural njala class 10)

  1. famine