"Mala" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH, CEBUANO

Lat. Bad; evil; wrongful

Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

málà - (B) Pillow, cushion. (cf. ulúnan).

of Malum

mala— - A diminutive particle: Like, as,
like to, about, somewhat similar to,
resembling, nearly, almost, as (large, small,
thick, thin, good, bad, etc.) as—.
Malakárbaw, malakarabáw—somewhat
like a buffalo; malabitík—like a flea; as
small as a flea; malapásì—as, like, about as
large as, unhulled grains of rice;
malabínlud—very small, as small as fine
particles or fragments of hulled rice;
malabaláy—like a house, almost as big as a
house; malapálad—as large as the palm of
a hand, very little; malakalibútan—as large
as the world, nearly (almost) everywhere.
Ginhatágan níla akó sing tinápay nga
malatingá (Gintáw-an nánda akó ti
tinápay nga malatingá). They gave me just
a very little (a bite of) bread. Ang lúpà
(dútà) námon malapálad. Our farm-land is
as large as the palm of the hand i.e. it is
very small. Ang íya dungúg malakalibútan
(daw kalibútan kadakû). His reputation
(fame) is spread all over the world. (cf.
daw, súbung, oloánggid).

mala a {1} dry, not wet.
Mala na ang mga hinayhay, The clothes that were hung up are dry now.
{2} not displaying lively at-tention, disinterested.
Tingálig dì siya muapil kay mala siya ug tinubagan, He probably wont participate because he gave a disinterested answer.
v {1} [APB; a2] dry up, become dried.
Mimala ang mga sapà, The rivers dried up.
Ang kaínit sa adlaw mauy mumala (mupamala) sa mga basakan, The heat of the sun will dry the rice fields up.
Nag-úsik lang sa panahun ang nagmala (nagpamala) íning salúga, Whoever dried this floor o?
was just wasting his time.
Tiil nga makamalag (makapamalag) basakan, Big feet (lit.
that can dry up a rice paddy).
Namad-an ug singut ang íyang bukubuku, The sweat on his back has dried up.
{2} [A13] be uninteresting, boring.
Wà ku mutiwas sa sini kay nagmala lang, I did not see the movie to the end because it was boring.
{2a} [b4] sa dugù become pale.
Pagpangutána sa pulis, gimad-an sa dugù ang nawung sa dalága, The ladys face became pale when the policeman questioned her.
ma- n land.
Ang ubang bakì nagpuyù sa túbig, ug ang uban sa mamala, Some frogs live in water and some on land.
tilapya sa ma- n prostitute (humorous).
kamad-an n upland rice field.

malá - Dry, exsiccated, drained, seasoned;
to be or become dry, arid, desiccated,
parched, drained, sear; seasoned (of
timber). Malá nga káhoy, tápì, etc. Dry
wood, seasoned boards, etc. Nagmalá na
ang ákon panápton nga ginbulád ko. My
clothes which I spread in the sun are dry
now. Ang pawíkan nga namálhan. The
turtle deprived of water. The stranded

turtle. Pamalahá (pamálha, pamál-a,
pamád-a) sa ínit ang linábhan. Put the
wash out in the sun to dry. Namád-an sing
túbig iníng mga ísdà kag dinakúp ko.
These fishes were stranded (ran aground)
and I caught them. Namalahán—
namálhan—namál-an—namád-an. (cf.
ugá, láyà, layóng).