njala

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See also: njalã

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Noun

njala (plural njalas)

  1. nyala

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njàdà.

Pronunciation

Noun

njala class 9 (plural njala class 10)

  1. hunger
  2. famine

Finnish

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Etymology

From Tsonga nyala.

Pronunciation

Noun

njala

  1. nyala, Tragelaphus angasii

Declension

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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative njalansa njalansa
accusative nom. njalansa njalansa
gen. njalansa
genitive njalansa njalojensa
njalainsa rare
partitive njalaansa njalojaan
njalojansa
inessive njalassaan
njalassansa 		njaloissaan
njaloissansa
elative njalastaan
njalastansa 		njaloistaan
njaloistansa
illative njalaansa njaloihinsa
adessive njalallaan
njalallansa 		njaloillaan
njaloillansa
ablative njalaltaan
njalaltansa 		njaloiltaan
njaloiltansa
allative njalalleen
njalallensa 		njaloilleen
njaloillensa
essive njalanaan
njalanansa 		njaloinaan
njaloinansa
translative njalakseen
njalaksensa 		njaloikseen
njaloiksensa
abessive njalattaan
njalattansa 		njaloittaan
njaloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — njaloineen
njaloinensa

Anagrams

Kambera

Etymology

Cognate with Laboya jala.

Verb

njala

  1. (intransitive) to be wrong

Derived terms

References

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲala/

Verb

njala

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

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njàdà.

Noun

njala class 9 (plural njala class 10)

  1. famine
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