/məˈlaj/
OriginePossibly from Late Dacian *mellája, from Dacian *melwá-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-wo-yo- (“consisting of flour”), from *melh₂-wo- (“flour”), from *melh₂- (“to grind”), or some other Paleo-Balkanic substrate. Compare Albanian miell and Hungarian málé. Other theories include Latin amylum + the suffix -alium. More likely is some connection with mămăligă, perhaps through contraction of a variant *mămălaie.
- neutercornflour
- neuter, regionalmillet flour
- neuterany cereal
- neuterRomanian cornbread
- neuterhairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)
- neuterfield woodrush (Luzula campestris)
- neuter, regionalkochia
- Transylvania, archaic, neutermillet, millet grains
- neuter, regionalmillet, millet grains
- neuter, slangmoney, dosh, dough
Formemălaie(plural) · mălai(accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular) · mălaiul(accusative, definite, nominative, singular) · mălaie(accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural) · mălaiele(accusative, definite, nominative, plural) · mălai(dative, genitive, indefinite, singular) · mălaiului(dative, definite, genitive, singular) · mălaie(dative, genitive, indefinite, plural) · mălaielor(dative, definite, genitive, plural) · mălaiule(singular, vocative) · mălaielor(plural, vocative)