ugali

Borrowed from Swahili ugali.

ugali (uncountable)

1. African cornmeal porridge
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 256:

     Still tall as the doorway, still fat from crocodile meat and ugali porridge.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ugaliq (“custom, manner, way, habit”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɡaliʔ/ [ʔuˈɡa.l̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧ga‧li

ugalì (Basahan spelling ᜂᜄᜎᜒ)

1. character
2. personality

   Synonym: personalidad

3. custom, habit

   Synonyms: kostumbre, gawi-gawi

4. tradition

   Synonym: tradisyon

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ugaliq (“custom, manner, way, habit”).

ugali

1. custom; habit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ugaliq (“custom, manner, way, habit”).

ugali

1. custom; habit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ugaliq (“custom, manner, way, habit”).

• IPA^(key): /uˈɡali/, [ʊˈɡa.le]
• Hyphenation: u‧ga‧li

ugali

1. custom; habit

Wikibooks

From an Eastern Sudanic language.

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ugali class XI (no plural)

1. porridge, stiff porridge

• uji

• Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ugaliq (“custom, manner, way, habit”). Compare Pangasinan ogali, Kapampangan ugali, Bikol Central ugali.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɡaliʔ/ [ʔʊˈɣaː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: u‧ga‧li

ugalì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜎᜒ)

1. conduct; habit; personal behavior or conduct

   Synonyms: gawi, kostumbre

2. character; nature (of a person)

   Synonyms: asal, kaasalan

3. inclination; propensity

   Synonyms: hilig, kahiligan, pagkahilig, kiling

4. tradition; long-established custom or practice

   Synonyms: kaugalian, pag-uugali