tambala
Noun
Meaning
tambala (plural tambalas or matambala)
Malawi's minor currency unit, a hundredth of a kwacha.
Hypernyms
Examples
Google convert function Coins A one kwacha coin from 1992 The first coins introduced in 1971 were in denominations of one, two, five, ten and twenty tambala.
In 1986, fifty tambala and one kwacha coins were also introduced.
The tambala was so named because a hundred roosters announce the dawn.
The fifty tambala and one kwacha coin are composed of brass-plated steel.