| Pers. | mulawwan | mulitcoloured |
| Pers. | malih | beautiful |
| Lith. | malu | to paint |
| Cymric | malu | to paint, breton maluf id., Gael.I.(o.liter.) melim id. |
| Lat. | malo | (empr.) peindre |
| Germ. | malen | to paint |
| Russian | malëvka | paint |
| Ukr. | malyjka | Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Slk. | malóvaný d'atel' | Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Anc.Greek | meleagrey | Guineafowl, 6 |
| Franç.(Engl.-norm.) | maluer | to soil, FEW 23: 193 |
| Gael.S. | smal | spot |
| Gael.I. | smolach, smiolach | Song Thrush, 339 |
| Gael.I. | smál | spot, cloud, darkness, disgrace |
| Engl. | dismal | sinister, dreary, melancholy (with prefix dis-; certainly not from Lat. diesmali "evil days") |
| India: Santal | maldza | grey |