mal in Tokpisin translates to man's bark type or g string in English

other tokpisin words that include "mal" :	english :
graun, graun malomalo, graun bilong wokim sospen	clay
de bilong malolo	day off
maleo	eel
taim bilong malolo, wiken	free time
mal	G-string
malaria	malaria
ples malomalo	muddy place
malangan, malagan	practice of making totemic figures (also called malangans) to honor the dead
malolo	rest
malmalum	soft
kisim win, wiken, malolo	to have a rest