otal

See also: ótal

Nzadi

Adjective

otál (plural etál)

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

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

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

Noun

otal n

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of otal 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative otal
Genitive

References

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