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tambala

American  
[tahm-bah-luh] / tɑmˈbɑ lə /

noun

  1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Malawi, one 100th of a kwacha.

Etymology

Origin of tambala

First recorded in 1970–75; from Nyanja: literally, “cockerel”

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“Meet me there in one hour, and bring twenty tambala.”

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