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mălai

Pronunciation: /məˈlaj/

“mălai” is a Romanian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cornflour
  2. millet flour
  3. any cereal
  4. Romanian cornbread
  5. hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)
  6. field woodrush (Luzula campestris)
  7. kochia
  8. millet, millet grains
  9. money, dosh, dough

In Romanian

  1. făină de porumb.
  2. (reg.) făină de mei.
  3. aliment preparat din făină de porumb, de mei sau de alte cereale, dospit și copt în cuptor; aliment preparat din făină de porumb frământată cu lapte (și cu zahăr).
  4. turtă formată prin presarea reziduurilor rămase după extragerea uleiului din semințele plantelor oleaginoase.
  5. (reg.) porumb; (p.restr.) boabe de porumb.
  6. (reg.) mei; (p.restr.) boabe de mei.
  7. (bot.; reg.) mătură.

Etymology

Possibly 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…

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