Tambala Definition

täm-bälə
tambala
noun
A monetary unit of Malawi, equal to1100 of a kwacha.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tambala

Noun

Singular:
tambala
Plural:
tambalas

Origin of Tambala

  • From Chichewa tambala (“rooster"), after the rooster that appeared on the original coins in this denomination.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from Chewa or Nyanja cockerels

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition