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Romanian
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 variant *mămălaie.
Noun
mălai n (plural mălaie)
- cornflour
- Synonym: făină de porumb
- (regional) millet flour
- Synonym: făină de mei
- any cereal
- Romanian cornbread
- (botany) hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)
- (botany) field woodrush (Luzula campestris)
- (botany, regional) kochia
- Synonym: mătură
- (archaic, Moldavia (region), Transylvania) millet, millet grains
- Synonyms: mei, boabe de mei
- (regional) millet, millet grains
- Synonyms: porumb, boabe de porumb
- (slang) money, dosh, dough
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