impala

See also: Impala

English

An impala

Red-billed oxpeckers feeding on parasites on a male

Impala have a symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers.

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑːlə/
Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

impala (plural impalas or impala)

An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.

Translations

African antelope

Asturian: impala m
Basque: inpala
Bulgarian: импала f (impala)
Catalan: impala m
Czech: impala f
Danish: impala c
Dutch: impala (nl) m
Esperanto: impalo
Finnish: impala (fi)
French: impala (fr) m
German: Impala (de) f
Hungarian: impala (hu)
Irish: iompála m

Italian: impala (it) m
Japanese: インパラ (ja) (inpara)
Korean: 임팔라 (impalla)
Navajo: jádí bideeʼ yisdizígíí
Polish: impala (pl) f
Portuguese: impala (pt) m, f
Romanian: impala (ro) f
Russian: импа́ла f (impála)
Spanish: impala m
Swahili: swala (sw), pala (sw)
Tagalog: impala
Tswana: phala class 9/10
Zulu: impala class 9/10

Asturian

Noun

impala m (plural impales)

impala (African antelope)

Dutch

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

impala m (plural impala's, diminutive impalaatje n)

impala

Finnish

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Proper noun

impala

impala

Anagrams

lampia

French

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /impala/
Rhymes: -a
Homophone: impalas

Noun

impala m (plural impalas)

impala

Italian

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Noun

impala m (invariable)

impala

Verb

impala

third-person singular present indicative of impalare
second-person singular imperative of impalare

Anagrams

amplia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Noun

impala m, f (plural impalas)

impala.

Spanish

Un impala (an impala).

Etymology

From Zulu impala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [imˈpa̠.la̠]
See also: empala, pala, bala

Noun

impala m, f (plural impalas)

(mammals) impala.

Hypernyms

Anagrams

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímpalá, from Proto-Bantu *m̀pàdá.

Noun

ímpalá class 9 (plural tímpalá class 10)

impala

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ímpalá, from Proto-Bantu *m̀pàdá.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ímpaːla/

Noun

ímpala class 9 (plural izimpâla class 10)

impala

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	impala	izimpala
Locative	empaleni	ezimpaleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	impala		izimpala
Simple form	mpala		zimpala
Locative	empaleni		ezimpaleni
Copulative	yimpala		yizimpala
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wempala	owempala	wezimpala	owezimpala
Class 2	bempala	abempala	bezimpala	abezimpala
Class 3	wempala	owempala	wezimpala	owezimpala
Class 4	yempala	eyempala	yezimpala	eyezimpala
Class 5	lempala	elempala	lezimpala	elezimpala
Class 6	empala	awempala	ezimpala	awezimpala
Class 7	sempala	esempala	sezimpala	esezimpala
Class 8	zempala	ezempala	zezimpala	ezezimpala
Class 9	yempala	eyempala	yezimpala	eyezimpala
Class 10	zempala	ezempala	zezimpala	ezezimpala
Class 11	lwempala	olwempala	lwezimpala	olwezimpala
Class 14	bempala	obempala	bezimpala	obezimpala
Class 15	kwempala	okwempala	kwezimpala	okwezimpala
Class 17	kwempala	okwempala	kwezimpala	okwezimpala

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mpala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpala (2.9.9)”

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