otal
Nzadi
Adjective
otál (plural etál)
- tall
- Antonym: okpá
- long
- 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
- 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 | — | — | — | — |
Related terms
- otalig
References
- otal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- otal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- otal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)