# mallo
## Catalan
### Verb

mallo
* first-person singular present indicative of mallar

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* mallu (dialectal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from North Germanic (compare Old Norse malr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑlːo/, [ˈmɑ̝lːo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːo
* Hyphenation: mal‧lo

### Noun

mallo
* (dialectal, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) Synonym of länkipatja (“horse collar cushion”)
* (dialectal, obsolete, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) Synonym of säkki (“sack”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mallo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
malloni
malloni
accusative
nom.
malloni
malloni
gen.
malloni
genitive
malloni
mallojeni
partitive
malloani
mallojani
inessive
mallossani
malloissani
elative
mallostani
malloistani
illative
mallooni
malloihini
adessive
mallollani
malloillani
ablative
malloltani
malloiltani
allative
mallolleni
malloilleni
essive
mallonani
malloinani
translative
mallokseni
malloikseni
abessive
mallottani
malloittani
instructive
comitative
—malloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mallosi
mallosi
accusative
nom.
mallosi
mallosi
gen.
mallosi
genitive
mallosi
mallojesi
partitive
malloasi
mallojasi
inessive
mallossasi
malloissasi
elative
mallostasi
malloistasi
illative
malloosi
malloihisi
adessive
mallollasi
malloillasi
ablative
malloltasi
malloiltasi
allative
mallollesi
malloillesi
essive
mallonasi
malloinasi
translative
malloksesi
malloiksesi
abessive
mallottasi
malloittasi
instructive
comitative
—malloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mallomme
mallomme
accusative
nom.
mallomme
mallomme
gen.
mallomme
genitive
mallomme
mallojemme
partitive
malloamme
mallojamme
inessive
mallossamme
malloissamme
elative
mallostamme
malloistamme
illative
malloomme
malloihimme
adessive
mallollamme
malloillamme
ablative
malloltamme
malloiltamme
allative
mallollemme
malloillemme
essive
mallonamme
malloinamme
translative
malloksemme
malloiksemme
abessive
mallottamme
malloittamme
instructive
comitative
—malloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mallonne
mallonne
accusative
nom.
mallonne
mallonne
gen.
mallonne
genitive
mallonne
mallojenne
partitive
malloanne
mallojanne
inessive
mallossanne
malloissanne
elative
mallostanne
malloistanne
illative
malloonne
malloihinne
adessive
mallollanne
malloillanne
ablative
malloltanne
malloiltanne
allative
mallollenne
malloillenne
essive
mallonanne
malloinanne
translative
malloksenne
malloiksenne
abessive
mallottanne
malloittanne
instructive
comitative
—malloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mallonsa
mallonsa
accusative
nom.
mallonsa
mallonsa
gen.
mallonsa
genitive
mallonsa
mallojensa
partitive
malloaan malloansa
mallojaan mallojansa
inessive
mallossaan mallossansa
malloissaan malloissansa
elative
mallostaan mallostansa
malloistaan malloistansa
illative
malloonsa
malloihinsa
adessive
mallollaan mallollansa
malloillaan malloillansa
ablative
malloltaan malloltansa
malloiltaan malloiltansa
allative
mallolleen mallollensa
malloilleen malloillensa
essive
mallonaan mallonansa
malloinaan malloinansa
translative
mallokseen malloksensa
malloikseen malloiksensa
abessive
mallottaan mallottansa
malloittaan malloittansa
instructive
comitative
—malloineen malloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* malluainen

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʎo̝/

### Etymology 1

From Latin malleus (“mallet”).

#### Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)
* large mallet; sledgehammer
** 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 139:em casa de Tare estaua aymage de Ulcano, feyta amaneyra de ferreyro, et hũ grande mallo ẽnas [maaos]in Tare's house there was an image of Vulcan, made in the manner of a blacksmith, holding a large hammer in his hands

##### Derived terms

* mallar
* mallega
* malleira

### Etymology 2

From malle (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal.

#### Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)
* flail
* handle of the flail
    Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

mallo
* first-person singular present indicative of mallar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mallo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmal.lo/
* Rhymes: -allo
* Hyphenation: màl‧lo

### Noun

mallo m (plural malli)
* cupule
* (botany) husk, hull, shell

### Anagrams

* molla

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmal.loː/, [ˈmälːʲoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmal.lo/, [ˈmälːo]

### Noun

mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension
* The stem of onions
* (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### References

* “mallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* mallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈmaʎo/ [ˈma.ʎo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/ [ˈma.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/ [ˈma.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Rhymes: -aʎo
* Rhymes: -aʃo
* Rhymes: -aʒo
* Syllabification: ma‧llo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese malho, from Latin malleus. Replaced Old Spanish majo, inherited from the same source.

#### Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)
* mallet
* a kind of game

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mallo
* first-person singular present indicative of mallar

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “majar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 776

### Further reading

* “mallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10