mala

Learned borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.lə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə

mala (plural malae)

1. (zootomy)
   1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
   2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
   3. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.

• malar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæl.ə/

mala

1. plural of malum

Transliteration of Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.lɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.ɑ/

mala (plural malas or mala)

1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.

   Synonym: japamala

   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 413:

     His words were like beads on the string of a mala, escaping his lips in small puffs of air.

• Hindu prayer beads on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Western Desert Language, as Pitjantjatjara mala.

mala (plural malas)

1. A species of hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, of arid Australia.

• “mala”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mala”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• mala fide (etymologically unrelated)

• amla, ALMA, alma, laam, lama, Amal, Alam, Alma, Lama, LAMA

mala

1. feminine singular of malu

From Persian ماله.

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mala (definite accusative malanı, plural malalar)

1. stucco, plaster

   Synonym: suvaq

2. plasterer's/ mason's trowel

   Synonyms: kəmçə, malakeş

3. harrow

   Synonym: dırmıq

Declension of mala
	singular	plural
nominative	mala	malalar
definite accusative	malanı	malaları
dative	malaya	malalara
locative	malada	malalarda
ablative	maladan	malalardan
definite genitive	malanın	malaların

Possessive forms of mala
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malam	malalarım
sənin (“your”)	malan	malaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	malası	malaları
bizim (“our”)	malamız	malalarımız
sizin (“your”)	malanız	malalarınız
onların (“their”)	malası or malaları	malaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malamı	malalarımı
sənin (“your”)	malanı	malalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	malasını	malalarını
bizim (“our”)	malamızı	malalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	malanızı	malalarınızı
onların (“their”)	malasını or malalarını	malalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malama	malalarıma
sənin (“your”)	malana	malalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	malasına	malalarına
bizim (“our”)	malamıza	malalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	malanıza	malalarınıza
onların (“their”)	malasına or malalarına	malalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malamda	malalarımda
sənin (“your”)	malanda	malalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	malasında	malalarında
bizim (“our”)	malamızda	malalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	malanızda	malalarınızda
onların (“their”)	malasında or malalarında	malalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malamdan	malalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	malandan	malalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	malasından	malalarından
bizim (“our”)	malamızdan	malalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	malanızdan	malalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	malasından or malalarından	malalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	malamın	malalarımın
sənin (“your”)	malanın	malalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	malasının	malalarının
bizim (“our”)	malamızın	malalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	malanızın	malalarınızın
onların (“their”)	malasının or malalarının	malalarının

• “mala” in Obastan.com.

From Middle Breton malaff, from Old Breton maletic, from Proto-Brythonic *malɨd, from Proto-Celtic *meleti.

mala

1. to grind

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.la]

Borrowed from Old French male.

mala f (plural males)

1. mailbag

   Synonym: cartera del correu

• maleta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mala f sg

1. feminine singular of mal

• maa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maja, compare Bikol Central mara, Yogad maga and Tetum maran.

• Hyphenation: ma‧la
• IPA^(key): /maˈla/ [mɐˈl̪a]

malá (Badlit spelling ᜋᜎ)

1. dry

   Synonym: uga

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. disaster
2. misfortune

mal- +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): [ˈmala]

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala (accusative singular malan, plural malaj, accusative plural malajn)

1. opposite

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

mala (third person singular past indicative mól, third person plural past indicative mólu, supine malið)

1. to grind

Conjugation of mala (group v-58)
infinitive	mala
supine	malið
participle (a26)1	malandi	malin
	present	past
first singular	mali	mól
second singular	melur	mól(st)
third singular	melur	mól
plural	mala	mólu
	imperative
singular	mal!
plural	malið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From English mala, from Martu Wangka mala.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧la

mala

1. hare-wallaby (wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes)
2. rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus

• (hare-wallaby): jäniskenguru (dated)
• (rufous hare-wallaby): lännenjäniskenguru (dated)

compounds

• harmaamala
• pikkumala
• ruskomala

mala

1. feminine singular of malo

mala

1. to crawl

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmɐ.lə]

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. (intransitive) bruised
2. aching (as after unaccustomed exercise)
3. stiff and sore

• hoʻomala
• mamala

From Proto-Polynesian *mara.

mala

1. (stative) sour (as fermented sweet potatoes)
2. (stative) insipid

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

mala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative malaði, supine malað)

1. to grind

   Hættu að mala kornið!

   Stop grinding the corn!

2. to purr

   Oo, hlustiði á köttinn mala.

   Oh, listen to the cat purr.

3. to blabber, babble, talk

   Hann hættir bara ekki að mala.

   He just won't stop babbling!

• (grind): mylja, steyta
• (babble): babla, masa, þvæla, blaðra

• mölun
• mal

mala

1. bad

• bona

• maleso

From Malay mala, from Classical Malay mala, from Pali mala, from Sanskrit मल (mala).

• IPA^(key): [mala]
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala

1. (obsolete) dirty, impurity
2. (dated) withered, faded

   Synonyms: layu, merana

mala

1. (dated) disease

   Synonym: penyakit

2. (dated) disaster

   Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara

• “mala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• malaidh, malaigh, malainn

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malaxs, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, shared with Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑl̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠalˠə/, /ˈmˠal̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠi/, /ˈmˠɔl̪ˠi/^[1] (as if spelled molaidh)

mala f (genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

1. eyebrow
2. brow (projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill)
3. slope, incline

• mala púiceach (“beetle brow”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mala”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: mà‧la

mala f (plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

• alma, lama

mala

1. Romanization of ꦩꦭ

Deverbal from malowac.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ma‧la

mala f

1. (Canada) paint

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “mala”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

From Proto-Italic *smakslā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- (“beard”) as *smḱ- (“beard”) +‎ *-sleh₂-; cognate with Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru, “beard”)).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.la/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

māla f (genitive mālae); first declension

1. (anatomy) the cheekbone, jaw
2. (transferred sense, chiefly in the plural) a cheek
   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 1.1:

     Tam consimile'st atque ego: sūra, pēs, statūra, tōnsus, oculī, nāsus, vel labra, mālae, mentum, barba, collum - tōtus!

     He's so similar to me: his calves, feet, height, haircut, eyes, nose, lips, cheeks, chin, beard, neck - all of it!

First-declension noun.

• mālāris (adjective)
• māxilla (diminutive)

• → English: mala
• → English: malar

• “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    
  • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    
  • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
• “mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowing from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala f (genitive malae); first declension

2. a bundle, bag

First-declension noun.

• Old French: male, malle
  • Anglo-Norman: male
    • → Middle English: male
      • English: mail
      • Scots: mail
    • →? Irish: mála (or perhaps via English)
  • Middle French: malle
    • → Catalan: mala
    • French: malle
    • → Portuguese: mala
    • → Spanish: mala
  • Gallo: mol
  • Walloon: male (Forrières)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• mala: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• mala: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]
• malā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laː/, [ˈmäɫ̪äː]
• malā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala

1. inflection of malus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of malum

From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

mala f (4th declension)

1. edge, shore

• jūrmala
• mežmala

mala

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of malt

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN, page mala

• IPA^(key): [ˈmä̌ːlɐ]

mãla

1. third-person singular present of malti
2. third-person plural present of malti

mala

1. eye

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

mala

1. woman

• Carl Hoffmann, A grammar of the Margi language (1963)

• male

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːlɑ/

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

mala (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)

1. (transitive) to grind
2. (intransitive) to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)

mala (present tense malar, past tense mala, past participle mala, passive infinitive malast, present participle malande, imperative mala/mal)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of måla, to paint

• “mala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Sanskrit मल (mala).

• IPA^(key): /ma.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Homophone: mālā
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala

1. dirt, filth
2. impurity
3. stain
4. defect
5. sin

• Javanese: ꦩꦭ (mala)

• "mala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Proto-Germanic *malaną, whence also Old Saxon malan, Old High German malan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan).

mala (singular past indicative mól, plural past indicative mólu, past participle malinn)

1. to grind
2. to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)

• Icelandic: mala
• Faroese: mala
• Norwegian: male
• Old Swedish: mala
  • Swedish: mala
• Danish: male

• “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    
  • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    
  • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
• “mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

mala

1. to grind

• Swedish: mala

mala n

1. impurity
2. stain
3. rust
4. dirt
5. dung

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɐlɐ]

mala

1. rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)

• Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎^[5], IAD Press, →ISBN

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase
2. (travel) luggage
3. (automotive) boot, trunk
4. (chiefly Portugal) handbag

   Synonyms: bolsa, maleta, saco

mala m or f by sense (plural malas)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person

• “mala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. (stative) be unlucky, unfortunate
2. to have bad luck

• Pukapuka Dictionary

Ottoman Turkish ماله (mala), from Persian ماله (mâle).

mala f (plural malale)

1. trowel

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. calamity

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malax, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

1. brow
   1. (anatomy) eyebrow
   2. (geography, of hill) brow; slope, incline

• The plural is mailghean in Argyll.

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mala”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[6], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[7], Stirling, →ISBN

mala

1. inflection of mal:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Latin malus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/
• Hyphenation: mà‧la

mala f sg

1. feminine singular of malu; bad.

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	malu	mala
Plural	mali	mali

• IPA^(key): [ˈmala]

mala

1. feminine singular l-participle of mať

• IPA^(key): /ˈmala/ [ˈma.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ma‧la

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mala f (plural malas)

1. female equivalent of malo

mala f

1. feminine singular of malo

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase

   Synonyms: maleta, valija

2. mailbag

   Synonyms: saca de correos, saca postal, valija

3. mail, post

   Synonym: correo

• “mala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Old Swedish mala, from Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

mala (present mal, preterite malde, supine malt, imperative mal)

1. to grind (crush into small particles)
2. (sometimes with på) to speak ceaselessly, usually about one single subject
3. to go on incessantly (more generally, of thoughts, pain, or the like)

An alternative form for the present tense is maler, and an alternative form for the past participle (which is only used in the sense of grinding) is malen.

• finmalen (“finely ground”)
• grovmalen (“coarsely ground”)
• varken hackat eller malet

• malström

• mala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Alma, lama

From Proto-Polynesian *mala. Cognates include Hawaiian mala and Samoan mala.

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.la]
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala

1. misfortune, bad luck
2. disaster, tragedy
3. plague, epidemic

mala

1. (stative) to be unlucky
2. (intransitive) to bring bad luck

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 209

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. misfortune, bad luck
2. disaster

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماله (mala), itself from Persian ماله (mâle, “trowel”).

mala (definite accusative malayı, plural malalar)

1. trowel, a plasterer's tool used in spreading and dressing mortar

Inflection
Nominative	mala
Definite accusative	malayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mala	malalar
Definite accusative	malayı	malaları
Dative	malaya	malalara
Locative	malada	malalarda
Ablative	maladan	malalardan
Genitive	malanın	malaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular malam malalarım 2nd singular malan malaların 3rd singular malası malaları 1st plural malamız malalarımız 2nd plural malanız malalarınız 3rd plural malaları malaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular malamı malalarımı 2nd singular malanı malalarını 3rd singular malasını malalarını 1st plural malamızı malalarımızı 2nd plural malanızı malalarınızı 3rd plural malalarını malalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular malama malalarıma 2nd singular malana malalarına 3rd singular malasına malalarına 1st plural malamıza malalarımıza 2nd plural malanıza malalarınıza 3rd plural malalarına malalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular malamda malalarımda 2nd singular malanda malalarında 3rd singular malasında malalarında 1st plural malamızda malalarımızda 2nd plural malanızda malalarınızda 3rd plural malalarında malalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular malamdan malalarımdan 2nd singular malandan malalarından 3rd singular malasından malalarından 1st plural malamızdan malalarımızdan 2nd plural malanızdan malalarınızdan 3rd plural malalarından malalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular malamın malalarımın 2nd singular malanın malalarının 3rd singular malasının malalarının 1st plural malamızın malalarımızın 2nd plural malanızın malalarınızın 3rd plural malalarının malalarının

• malalamak

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mala1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3034
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mala”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

mala

1. plague

mala (definite form mala mi)

1. animal