tambalan.

Brit.

/tamˈbɑːlə/, U.S.

/tɑmˈbɑlə/, East African English

/tamˈbala/

Inflections: Plural tambalas, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Chewa. Etymon: Chewa tambala.

Etymology: < Chewa tambala, specific use of tambala cockerel or rooster (depicted on an early version of the one-tambala coin), with allusion to the concept of ‘dawn’ inherent in kwacha , which denotes the larger monetary unit (see kwacha n.). Compare slightly earlier kwacha n. The plural form tambalas is an English development; in Chewa, the plural form denoting the monetary unit is matambala.

A monetary unit of Malawi, introduced in 1971, and equivalent to one-hundredth of a kwacha. Also: a coin of this value.

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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African

macute1704

pesewa1963

leone1964

cedi1965

kwacha1966

likuta1967

makuta1967

sengi1967

zaire1967

tambala1969

kobo1972

naira1972

lilangeni1974

birr1976

thebe1976

lwei1977

maloti1977

loti1979

metical1980

sente1980

1969 Econ. & Financial Rev. (Reserve Bank of Malawi) Dec. 15 The main unit of the new currency will be the Kwacha..[which] will be divided into one hundred sub units called tambala.

1983 Times 19 Dec. 11/2 The Africans think we're mad..but really it wouldn't seem right without..the five-tambala pieces in the pudding.

2019 Maravi Post (Nexis) 6 Feb. Four years after government set up the special recovery vehicle to collect the K6 billion, no single tambala has been recovered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	tambala
释义	tambalan. Brit. /tamˈbɑːlə/, U.S. /tɑmˈbɑlə/, East African English /tamˈbala/ Inflections: Plural tambalas, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Chewa. Etymon: Chewa tambala. Etymology: < Chewa tambala, specific use of tambala cockerel or rooster (depicted on an early version of the one-tambala coin), with allusion to the concept of ‘dawn’ inherent in kwacha , which denotes the larger monetary unit (see kwacha n.). Compare slightly earlier kwacha n. The plural form tambalas is an English development; in Chewa, the plural form denoting the monetary unit is matambala. A monetary unit of Malawi, introduced in 1971, and equivalent to one-hundredth of a kwacha. Also: a coin of this value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African macute1704 pesewa1963 leone1964 cedi1965 kwacha1966 likuta1967 makuta1967 sengi1967 zaire1967 tambala1969 kobo1972 naira1972 lilangeni1974 birr1976 thebe1976 lwei1977 maloti1977 loti1979 metical1980 sente1980 1969 Econ. & Financial Rev. (Reserve Bank of Malawi) Dec. 15 The main unit of the new currency will be the Kwacha..[which] will be divided into one hundred sub units called tambala. 1983 Times 19 Dec. 11/2 The Africans think we're mad..but really it wouldn't seem right without..the five-tambala pieces in the pudding. 2019 Maravi Post (Nexis) 6 Feb. Four years after government set up the special recovery vehicle to collect the K6 billion, no single tambala has been recovered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1969
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