imali

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Noun

ímalí class 9 (plural izimali class 10)

1. money

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

imali (Cyrillic spelling имали)

1. masculine plural active past participle of imati

Swazi

Etymology

From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Noun

ímalí class 9 (plural tímalí class 10)

1. money

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ímaːlí]

Noun

ímalí class 9 (plural íimalí class 10)

1. money

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Swahili mali, ultimately from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Rwanda-Rundi imari and Shona mari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ímaːlí/

Noun

ímalí class 9 (plural izimâlí class 10)

1. money

Inflection

Class 9/10 (locative emalini)

	singular		plural
full form	imali		izimali
simple form	mali		zimali
locative	emalini		ezimalini
copulative	yimali		yizimali
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wemali	owemali	wezimali	owezimali
class 2	bemali	abemali	bezimali	abezimali
class 3	wemali	owemali	wezimali	owezimali
class 4	yemali	eyemali	yezimali	eyezimali
class 5	lemali	elemali	lezimali	elezimali
class 6	emali	awemali	ezimali	awezimali
class 7	semali	esemali	sezimali	esezimali
class 8	zemali	ezemali	zezimali	ezezimali
class 9	yemali	eyemali	yezimali	eyezimali
class 10	zemali	ezemali	zezimali	ezezimali
class 11	lwemali	olwemali	lwezimali	olwezimali
class 14	bemali	obemali	bezimali	obezimali
class 15	kwemali	okwemali	kwezimali	okwezimali
class 17	kwemali	okwemali	kwezimali	okwezimali

Derived terms

• imadlana

Descendants

• → English: mali

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mali”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mali (2.3-6.3)”