malu

See also: Malu, malú, maḻu, mału, mälu, mǎlù, and mālu

English

Etymology 1

From Samoan malu.

Noun

malu (plural malus)

  1. A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.

Etymology 2

From Malay malu.

Adjective

malu (comparative more malu, superlative most malu)

  1. (Singapore) shy; embarrassed
Synonyms

Anagrams

Aromanian

Noun

malu

  1. Alternative form of mal

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

malu m sg (feminine singular mala, neuter singular malo, masculine plural malos, feminine plural males)

  1. bad
  2. evil

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /malu/

Adjective

malu

  1. silent
  2. quiet

References
  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Noun

malu

  1. shade
  2. shelter, protection
  3. control

Verb

malu

  1. (stative) peaceful, safe
  2. (stative) reserved, taboo

Indonesian

Adjective

malu

  1. ashamed

Noun

malu

  1. shame

Latvian

Noun

malu f

  1. inflection of mala:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

malu

  1. first-person singular past indicative of malt

Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mälu]
  • Rhymes: -lu, -u

Noun

malu (Jawi spelling مالو, plural malu-malu, informal 1st possessive maluku, 2nd possessive malumu, 3rd possessive malunya)

  1. sensitive plant; Mimosa pudica

Adjective

malu (Jawi spelling مالو)

  1. shy.
  2. embarrassed.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bermalu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • semalu [comparability] (se-)
  • malu-malu [reduplication] (redup)
  • memalui [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • memalukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • termalu-termalu [agentless action + reduplication] (teR- + redup)
  • kemaluan (“genitalia”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
  • kemaluan-kemaluan (“shyness”) [resemblance / passive + reduplication] (ke-an + redup)

Descendants
  • → English: malu

Further reading

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Spanish malo "bad".

Adjective

malu

  1. bad

Etymology 2

From Spanish mal "illness".

Noun

malu

  1. illness, disease

Samoan

Noun

malu

  1. female tattoo

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin malus. Compare Italian malo.

Adjective

malu (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

  1. bad

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

malu

  1. inflection of mal:
    1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
    2. feminine accusative singular

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus (“bad, wicked”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.lu/
  • Hyphenation: mà‧lu

Adjective

malu (feminine singular mala, masculine and feminine plural mali)

  1. bad

Synonyms

Antonyms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *malɨd from Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-é-ti, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) +‎ *-éti.[1][2] Cognate with Latin molō,[3] Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal.

Pronunciation

Verb

malu (first-person singular present malaf)

  1. to grind
  2. to break, to fragment

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future malaf meli mâl, mala malwn melwch, malwch malant melir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 malwn malit malai malem malech malent melid
preterite melais melaist malodd malasom malasoch malasant malwyd
pluperfect malaswn malasit malasai malasem malasech malasent malasid, malesid
present subjunctive malwyf melych malo malom maloch malont maler
imperative — mâl, mala maled malwn melwch, malwch malent maler
verbal noun malu
verbal adjectives maledig
maladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future mala i, malaf i mali di malith o/e/hi, maliff e/hi malwn ni malwch chi malan nhw
conditional malwn i, malswn i malet ti, malset ti malai fo/fe/hi, malsai fo/fe/hi malen ni, malsen ni malech chi, malsech chi malen nhw, malsen nhw
preterite malais i, males i malaist ti, malest ti malodd o/e/hi malon ni maloch chi malon nhw
imperative — mala — — malwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • malwr (“grinder”)
  • malu awyr (“to talk nonsense”)
  • malurio (“to grind”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
malu falu unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mal-o-, *mel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “malu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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