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Where does “mali” come from?

mali (Bambara) comes from Proto-Western Mande *màli.

mali (Bambara): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “mali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Western Mande*màli—

Words derived from “mali”

  • مالي
Every word from Proto-Western Mande *màli →