Mali
proper noun
- African country
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːli/ / /ˈmɑli/ / /ˈmɐːli/ / /ˈmeɪlaɪ/ / /ˈmɑː-/ / /ˈmæ-/
name
Etymology: Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin malī, a plural form of malus (“adverse, unfavourable, unfortunate, unlucky; destructive, hurtful; bad, evil”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)).
- plural of malus
“The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances.”
“If the boni and mali do not depend on the frequency of claims, the average bonus-malus coefficient increases with the frequency.”