malas
English
Albanian
Alternative forms
- malësor (Standard)
- malsor (Gheg)
Noun
málas m (indefinite plural málas, definite singular málasi, definite plural málasit)
- (male) highlander, mountain dweller, mountaineer, alpinist
- (ethnography) resident of the malësi (“highland”) or of malësor (“highlander”) descent
Bikol Central
Etymology
Clipping of Spanish mala suerte or feminine plural of malo. Doublet of demalas.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧las
- IPA(key): /ˈmalas/
Derived terms
- malason
- mamalas
- pagkamalas
Galician
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- males (colloquial)
Etymology
From Malay malas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- (“affix forming adjectives and stative verbs”) + below
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmalas/
- Hyphenation: ma‧las
- Rhymes: -las, -as, -s
Derived terms
- bermalas-malas
- bermalas-malasan
- kemalasan
- malas-malasan
- memalaskan
- pemalas
- termalas
Further reading
- “malas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Latvian
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mä.läs]
- Rhymes: -as
Further reading
- “malas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧las
- IPA(key): /ˈmalas/, [ˈma.lɐs]
Noun
malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)
Derived terms
- ipamalas
- magmalas
- magmalas-malas
- makamalas
- malas-malasin
- malasin
- mamalasan
- pagmalas
- pagmamalas
See also
Etymology 2
From a clipping of Spanish mala suerte (“bad luck”). Compare Ilocano malas, Kapampangan dimalas, Bikol Central demalas, Cebuano demalas, and Hiligaynon dimalas.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧las
- IPA(key): /ˈmalas/, [ˈma.lɐs]
Derived terms
- kamasalan
- malasin
- pagkamalas
See also
Further reading
- “malas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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