Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *mala-
Meaning: wild cat; steppe hare
Russian meaning: дикая степная кошка; степной заяц
Literary Manchu: malaxi
Comments: ТМС 1, 523. Novikova (Новикова 1972, 122) quotes Mong. maluqai (from "Пятиязычный словарь", Пекин 1957, III, 4919) as the source of the Manchu word.