M

ma

but

mabul

crazy [Sch 73] [G] (Arabic)

madama

madam [Sch 85]

madre

mother

magazino

store

Mahametta

Mahomet, Muhammad (name of Muslim prophet) [CT 9]

maigro

thin

mainàr

lower [the sail] [RR]

mailion

million

malato

sick [Sch 78]

male

bad(ly), pain

malato

ill

malgrado

despite

mallatia

illness

malsin

slander. dayym ytml$nw flyhwd. They would constantly slander the Jews. [SLE 152a] This verb is derived from the Hebrew ml$yn 'slanderer', but is an early loan into Spanish. However, the form here appears to be a direct loan from Hebrew ml$yn into Judeo-Arabic, it being treated as a quadriliteral reflexive verb.

malura

indisposition

malva

mallow

mama

mother

mancar

lack, break (one's word). ba$ ma ymankarw$ lplabra meakwm. So that they will not break their word with you. [SLE 126a]

mandar

send

manera

type, way. [Sch 79]
wyeml Hwayj mn had almanyra. And he will do things of that type.
ayda b"m yclyha bhda lmanyra. If, God forbid, he prays it in this way. [SLE 45b] b"m = Aramaic bar minan, far from us.

mangiar

eat [Dict] [TM]

mangiaria

meal, food, breakfast [Dict][Sch 72]

maniera

manner

mano

hand

mantega

butter

mantel, mantelo

cloth, cover, often of the one used to cover the holy scrolls. Hram ymsHw blmndyl. It is forbidden to wipe it with the cloth. [SLE 17b] ylwwy ela yydw a+lyt dyyalw awwla mndylw. He should cover his hand with his prayer shawl or with the cloth. [SLE 80a] This word is old in Western Arabic.

manubi

mahbùb=10 piastres Tunisian gold coin [RR]

marabut

marabout (Arabic)

marca

mark

marcar

mark

mare

sea

maréchal

marshal. wmat lmary''$al dlmHala. And the marshal of the place died. [SLE 13a] kl wwaHd fyhwm yjyb wwaHd lmary$al. Each one of them will bring a marshal. [SLE 59a] wyxrjw hadyk· azwj dlmary$al lwwc+ lplaca. And these two marshals will go out to the center of the plaza. [SLE 59a]

maréia

mirror (Arabic) [Sch 72]

Maria

mode of address by a Moor to a Christian woman [Sch 81] Cf. Jouan.

mariniero

sailor

marmita

saucepan

martedi

Tuesday

martello

hammer

mas

more

massar

slaughter, extinguish [Dict] [Sch 71]

masseria

small farm

materasso

mattress

matino

morning

matrac

stick [G] Perh. < Arabic maTraq “mallet, beating rod.”

mattina

morning [CT 10]

maturo

ripe

matutina

matutinal, of the morning [EG]

matza franka

apricot. Lit. Christian-killer. See the discussion of this item in a separate note.

mauro

moor

medico

physician

meditar

meditate

mefidenza

disbelief

better [D3]

mele

honey

melio(r)

better

melone

melon

memoria

memory

meno

less

mensongua

lie

mentir

lie

mentitor

liar

mentone

sheep

mercante, mercanti

merchant. Also:
lm"hdd lwwaHd lmyrqan+y kbyr. What does the matter resemble? A certain great merchant.. [SLE 92b] lm"hdd is an abbreviation for Hebrew lmh hdbr dwmh.
TM uses the second form, and glosses marchand, civil (opposé à militaire) “merchant, civil (as opposed to military.)” G also uses the second form, glosses bourgeois.

mercantia

merchants (collective.) $y mrqan+yya dy hwman fy mdwn bead. Some merchants who are in distant cities. [SLE 126a]
lmrqan+yya dl blad. The merchants of the city [SLE 153a]

mercanzia

merchandise [Dict] [Sch 71]

mercoledi

Wednesday

meritar

merit

merito

merit

mescolar

falsify

meschin, meskine

poor (Arabic) [Sch 72, 85]

mesquin (Arabic)

pitiful [Dict] [G]

mestiere

trade

meter

put [Sch 79]

metir

put, hoist (flag)

meze

month

mezzo

middle, half

mi

I, me [Dict] [Sch 70, 85] [CT 5, 10]

mille

thousand

millionnaire

wmn kwtrt dy kan mlywnyr kbyr dxltw algawt. On account of the fact that he was a big millionnaire, pride entered into him. [SLE 4b] gawt is a Hebrew word with an Arabic prefix. [Sch 71, 78, 81, 85]

mirato

looked [Sch 71]; saw [D5]

miscolanza

mixture

miscolar

mix

miseria

misery. fy had leam kant myzyryya kbyra. In that year there was great misery. [SLE 76b]

mizura

measure

mizurar

measure

mo

my [Sch 75]

mobili

furniture

Moffina

Monophysite (religious sect) [CT A17]

moi

I [Sch 85]

molto

much,very

momento

moment. fy dak lmwmn+w ynzal mn balhwm dak· a$bw$. In that moment this confusion will depart from their minds. [SLE 71b]
whayydak· car flmwmyn+w brwHw. And this occurred at the very moment. [SLE 153B]
su lo momento. Immediately [EG]

mondo

see mundo.

montagnia

mountain

montar

go up

morir

die [Dict] [Sch 78]

Morista

Moor (presumably not professing Islam) [CT A8]

Moros

Moor [Sch 81]

morto

dead TM glosses this word in the figurative meaning fatigué “tired.”

mosca

fly

mosieu

sir [Sch 85]

moskovit

Muscovite, Russian [D5]

mostrar

show

moukere

wife [Sch 86]

movimento

movement

movir

move

mucciaccio

servant, boy [RR] [TM]

mucera

wife

muchacha

girl

muchache de la Golfe

servant, boy [RR]

muchachu

boy

muchus

very

mufti, muphty

mufti, religious leader (Arabic) [CT passim]

mugeros

wife [Sch 81] [TM]

mulo, mulet

mule TM lists the second form.

multo

much [Sch 81]

mumucho

very much [Sch 79]

mundo

world. [Dict] [Sch 78]
ma kan$y mzyyana mtlha fy jmye lmwndw. There was no one as good as she in the whole world. [SLE 29b]

munizion

ammunition

muntar

go up [D4]

murescha

Moorish [Sch 75]

muro

ripe, rampart, wall

música

music. wmwzyqa tdrb ela kl +bae. And there were all kinds of music. [SLE 109a]

musquita

gnat

musulmin

muslim

muzica

music

muzo

muzzle, snout