Balkan Romani

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Adjective

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melalo

  1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) impure, dirty
  2. (Bugurdži) indecent, obscene
  3. (Ursari) miserable

Noun

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melalo m

  1. (Sofia Erli) dirt

Baltic Romani

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melalo

  1. (Lotfitka) dirty
  2. (Lotfitka) muddy

Carpathian Romani

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melalo

  1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro) dirty
  2. (Burgenland) soiled, impure

Romani

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Etymology

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mel (dirt) +‎ -alo.

Adjective

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melalo (feminine melali, plural melale)

  1. dirty

Spanish

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Verb

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melalo

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of melar combined with lo

Welsh Romani

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Adjective

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melalo (plural melale)

  1. dusty, dirty
  2. sweaty

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References

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  • melalo” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.