ìmàle
noun
/ì.mà.lē/
اِمَلعِ (alternative), ìmọ̀le (alternative)
Definitions
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Muslim
Similar words
Etymology
Of unclear origin, but likely from Hausa mālàmī (“[Islamic] teacher”); a connection with the Mali Empire has also been suggested.
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
malêPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “imale”.
Reference:
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