| CMP | ||
| Asilulu | mala ai | kind of tree the bark of which was formerly used to make loincloths |
| Selaru | mal | loincloth |
| SHWNG | ||
| Buli | māl | pounded tree bark; clothing of same |
| Numfor | mār | loincloth (originally of pounded tree bark) |
| OC | ||
| Hawaiian | malo | male’s loincloth; chant in praise of a chief’s loincloth; leaf sheath that protects the young leaves of the breadfruit tree |
| Nukuoro | malo | clothes, cloth |
| malo gahu | shirt | |
| Kairiru | myal | loincloth; traditionally used in times of war, now replaced by the |
| Manam | malo | bark belt |
| Tanga | mal | bark cloth, and especially the inner bark of the breadfruit tree, beaten and used as cloth, although many other species are used; mourning band of bark cloth worn around the neck or on the upper arm by female mourners |
| mal-mal | shoulder sling for carrying a baby, made of bark cloth | |
| Gedaged | mal | a tree, it bark is used to make G-strings and blankets; loincloth made from the bark of |
| Lusi | malo | girdle |
| Kove | malo | clothing |
| Gitua | malo | men’s bark loincloth; clothing |
| Tuvaluan | tau-malo | stage in boy’s life when must be worn; a boy who has reached this stage |
| malo | breech cloth of plaited pandanus leaves; menstrual pad | |
| Arosi | maro | a species of tree, paper mulberry; beaten cloth of the maro (the bark was soaked in water an then beaten out, and later painted in gay colors and used as a sling to carry a child, or as a loincloth); a loincloth |
| Anuta | malo | men’s loin garment, made from a strip of bark-cloth |
| Rennellese | mago | to put on or wear, as a sarong; sarong |
| Mota | malo | a tree, probably a mulberry; the girdle of leaves and flowers used by (members of the ‘ghost’ society) |
| Samoan | malo | loincloth |
| Futunan | malo | cloth girdle used during ceremonies; menstrual cloth |
| Fijian | malo | the paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera, hence the native cloth made from it, and the former native male dress, a piece of passed between the thighs and fastened with a girdle; if not passed between the legs it is |
| Niue | malo tau | war girdle |
| malo | waist belt or cloth; menstrual cloth; baby’s napkin | |
| Rarotongan | maro toto | special waist cloth or girdle worn only by women during the period of menses --- a menstrual girdle |
| maro kura | the sacred crimson girdle, generally worn by the i or members of an family | |
| maro | a waist girdle, the ancient loincloth or waist wrap; various kinds were used in ancient days | |
| Maori | maro | a sort of kilt or apron worn by males and females; material (moss, lichen, etc.) used by a woman at certain periods; to put on, as a |
| Tolai | mal | species of small tree, Brousonnetia papyrifera, the bark of which is used for making cloth; native cloth made from this bark; cloth, waist-cloth, loin-cloth, clothing, clothes (in general); to wear cloth or clothes, be dressed |