mala

Meaning

  1. (feminine) suitcase
  2. (feminine) luggage
  3. (feminine) boot, trunk
  4. (Portugal, feminine) handbag

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈma.lɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).

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