malu
malu noun: a culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
Noun
malu (plural malus)
- A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
Adjective
malu (comparative more malu, superlative most malu)
- shy; embarrassed
- Synonyms:
- paiseh
malu meaning in Tamil
malu in Tamil
- வெட்கப்படுதல் குற்ற உணர்வு கொள்ளுதல், கேட்ட, தீய
Synonyms of malu
Forms of malu
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | malus |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more malu |
| superlative | most malu |
Origin of malu
From Samoan malu.
Borrowed from Malay malu.
Phrases with malu
Questions about malu
- What does malu mean?
- Malu means a culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
- What is malu in Tamil?
- Malu in Tamil is வெட்கப்படுதல் குற்ற உணர்வு கொள்ளுதல், கேட்ட, தீய. See Malu meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is malu?
- Malu can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of malu?
- The plural of malu is malus.
Words near malu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: malu (page history and authors); malu (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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