| Lith. | mulvas | reddish |
| Pers. | mulavan | variegated |
| Breton | malv | mauve |
| Gael.I. | milmheacen | mauve |
| Ital. | malva | mauve; mallow (mauve flower) |
| Engl. (o.liter.) | mealwe | mallow |
| Franç. | mauve | pale bluish purple |
| Ital.: Chieti (Abruz.) | malva | malvoisie, a variety of grape (Sic. malvasía) |
| Roman. | marmaziu | light red; malvoisie |
| Ital.: Sic. | malvasía | > franç. malvoisie a brownish mauve variety of grape |
| Esp.: And. | malvasía | White-headed Duck, 53 |
| Lat. (middle Lat.) | malmasia | malvoisie |
| Engl. | malmsey | malvoisie (calque of Lat. not "of Monembasía" the name of a town - as in Klein, obscure if anything) |
| Ital. | maví | sky-colour |
| Mod.Greek | mavûs | blue |
| Sbc. | maven | blue |
| Sbc. | zumbul maveni | Kingfisher, 267 |
| Sbc. | mavijas | Pigeon, 254 |
| Turkish (Balk.) | mavi | blue (borrowing from the Balk. substr. and not vice versa as shown by the distribution of the semanteme) |