mal-am a 1 old in age. 2 grown up, but not doing things befitting one’s age (derogatory). Mal-am na, lubut gihápuy ilingkud, He is already grown but he hasn’t got anything upstairs (lit. all he does with his buttocks is sit on them—a readily understood circumlocution which avoids stating outright a hurtful truth).
malangsi n k.o. sardine or small herring, growing to 4″ long and 1″ wide.
malapati n k.o. fish.
malapi (not without l) kumpradur di- n one who buys goods which he knows the seller has no right to dispose of. v [B1256] be a buyer of stolen goods. Makumpradur dimalapi giyud ka kun makapalit ka niánang kináwat, You’ll be a buyer of stolen goods if you buy that stolen article.
malapunti n k.o. red deep-sea fish with big reddish scales, 2′ by 6″, similar to a snapper, but with a filament projecting from the tip of the tail.
malarya n malaria. v [A123P; a4] get, cause to get malaria. Way lamuk nga makamalarya (makapamalarya) dinhi, There are no mosquitoes here that cause malaria. Tambáli ang gimalarya, Give medicine to the man with malaria. malaryahun a having malaria.
málas see [dimálas].
malasádu, malasáwu a soft-boiled, half-cooked. Malasádung itlug, Soft-boiled eggs. Ang atay malasádu nga pagkalútù, The liver was cooked rare. v [A1B26; a2] come out soft, rare, cause to do so.
malasugi, malasúgi n swordfish or sailfish: Xiphias gladius, et al.
malatálu a bananas that are almost full-grown (but still far from ripe). Basta tinggutum tub-un na ang ságing bísag malatálu pa kaáyu, In times of famine they cut down the bananas even before they mature. v [B3; b6] for bananas to reach this stage.