OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

mlai[mˈlaj]

• n. slave.hamba; budak; pembantu rumah.

Etymology: Possibly from Timorese Austronesian 'foreigner' words, e.g., Tokodede, Tetun |fn{malae} 'foreigner'.