mala
Keywords: geographic, directions, cardinal
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'ma.la |
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| 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.