# malu
## English
### Etymology 1

From Samoan malu.

#### Noun

malu (plural malus)
* A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.

### Etymology 2

From Malay malu.

#### Adjective

malu (comparative more malu, superlative most malu)
* (Singapore) shy; embarrassed

##### Synonyms

* paiseh

### Anagrams

* Mula, Luma, Lamu, Ulam, mula, luma, alum, maul

## Aromanian
### Noun

malu
* 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)
* bad
* evil

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /malu/

### Adjective

malu
* silent
* quiet

### References

* (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.lu/, [ˈmɐ.lu]

### Noun

malu
* shade
* shelter, protection
* control

### Verb

malu
* (stative) peaceful, safe
* (stative) reserved, taboo

#### Related terms

* hoʻomalu
* ʻōmalumalu
* maluhia
* malumalu

## Iban
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ma.lu/

### Adjective

malu
* shy; ashamed

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay malu.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

malu
* ashamed
* shy

### Noun

malu
* shame

## Latvian
### Noun

malu f
* inflection of mala:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

### Verb

malu
* first-person singular past indicative of malt

## Malay
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mälu]
* Rhymes: -lu, -u

### Noun

malu (Jawi spelling مالو, plural malu-malu, informal 1st possessive maluku, 2nd possessive malumu, 3rd possessive malunya)
* sensitive plant; Mimosa pudica

### Adjective

malu (Jawi spelling مالو)
* shy.
* embarrassed.
* ashamed.

### Derived terms

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
* > Indonesian: malu (inherited)

### Further reading

* “malu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology 1

From Spanish malo "bad".

#### Adjective

malu
* bad

### Etymology 2

From Spanish mal "illness".

#### Noun

malu
* illness, disease

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈma.lu/

### Interjection

malu
* (Kuyavia) used to call piglets
    Synonyms: maluchny, maluty

### Further reading

* Józef Bliziński (1860) “malu”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 625
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “malu”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 273

## Samoan
### Noun

malu
* female tattoo

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin malus. Compare Italian malo.

### Adjective

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

malu
* inflection of mal:
** indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
** feminine accusative singular

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin malus (“bad, wicked”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.lu/
* Hyphenation: mà‧lu

### Adjective

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

#### Synonyms

* tintu

#### Antonyms

* bonu

#### Related terms

* malèvulu
* malignu
* mali (noun)

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈmalɨ/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈma(ː)li/
* Rhymes: -alɨ

### Verb

malu (first-person singular present malaf)
* to grind
* to break, to fragment

#### Conjugation

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

#### Derived terms

* malwr (“grinder”)
* malu awyr (“to talk nonsense”)
* malurio (“to grind”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ 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
* ↑ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
* ↑ 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