Definition of Tambala

1. Noun. 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi.

Generic synonyms: Malawian Monetary Unit
Group relationships: Kwacha, Malawi Kwacha

Definition of Tambala

1. Noun. Malawi's minor currency unit, a hundredth of a kwacha ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tambala

1. a monetary unit of Malawi [n -S or MATAMBALA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tambala

tamarindo
tamarinds
tamarins
tamaris
tamarisk
tamarisk family
tamarisk gerbil
tamarisks
tamarugite
tamasha
tamashas
tambac
tambacs
tambak
tambaks
tambala (current term)
tambalas
tamber
tambers
tambon
tamborine
tambou
tambour
tambour sound
tamboura
tambouras
tamboured
tambourer
tambourers

Literary usage of Tambala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages by Alice Werner (1919)
"And swallow he came, and found tambala a-li mu mpika,16 ndipo ... ndipo wife of cock she took-off gourds, and a-na-peza tambala, a-ta fa," ..."

2. Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language by Alexander Hetherwick (1889)
"tambala, KU. See TAMBA, KU. TAMBA, KU, to send out runners on shoots. tambala, ku, to send out runners or shoots. ..."

3. The Natives of British Central Africa by Alice Werner (1906)
"... described to an elderly man, refused to marry him when the time came, as she preferred a young man named tambala, a teacher in the Blantyre school. ..."

4. The Natives of British Central Africa by Alice Werner (1906)
"... described to an elderly man, refused to marry him when the time came, as she preferred a young man named tambala, a teacher in the Blantyre school. ..."

5. Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon by Harry Storey, Thomas Farr (1907)
"We put in some little time amongst the deer and pigs first, and then moved on into elephant country, camping in the Moorish village of tambala in ..."

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