malax

English

Verb

malax (third-person singular simple present malaxes, present participle malaxing, simple past and past participle malaxed)

1. To malaxate.

Anagrams

• xalam

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• alamax, palamax

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palomas (“doves”), plural of paloma (“dove”). C.f. Spanish palomilla (“moth”).

Noun

malax

1. butterfly, moth

Derived terms

• bʼalam malax, bʼalamax

References

• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 230
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 6

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya mara and Oromo malaa.

Noun

malax

1. pus

References

• Somali Wörterbuch by M. A. Farah - D. Heck (Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1993)