Common Lexeme

mala

Keywords: geographic, directions, cardinal

Pronunciation (IPA): 'ma.la 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: mala, malas 
Glosses: west, western, westerly, bear to the west 

Description:

The term 'mala' has the base meaning of 'west' as a place. It can be a modifying term in place names, as in 'Mala Uropa', Western Europe. Refer to attached article for more discussion of usage. As a modifier 'malas', it means westerly or moving westerly and can take an object in the nominative case which is the object to which the movement or position is relative. As a verb, it is a pali verb of state taking an absolutive mover meaning 'to bear west'. A noxaj benefactive form can be used to indicate a destination.

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