Proto-Nakh: *mɦal-i(n)
Meaning: warm; weak, loose
Chechen: mela
Ingush: mela
Batsbi: malĩ
Comments: The laryngeal in the initial cluster is preserved only in the Shar. dialect (mʕalĩ); cf. also Cheb. malĩ, Khild. melĭ, Ved. mene, Kharach. mene etc. The pure base is seen in Chech. mal-dan "to weaken, loosen".