otal

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Nzadi

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Adjective

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otál (plural etál)

  1. tall
    Antonym: okpá
  2. long
  3. far

Further reading

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  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Swedish

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Etymology

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o- +‎ tal. Compare with Danish utal, Norwegian utall, Icelandic útal, Middle Low German untal, and German Unzahl.

Noun

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otal n

  1. a large unknown number, an innumerable amount, a myriad

Usage notes

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Often used more as a synonym for många (many) in deliberate exaggerations, a bit like umpteen or innumerable.

Declension

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Declension of otal 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative otal
Genitive
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References

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