malax

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To malaxate.

Anagrams[edit]

Kaqchikel[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

malax

  1. butterfly, moth

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

malax

  1. pus

References[edit]

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