Though attested scarcely and with meaning shifts, reliable enough to be separated from homonymous *lVγ- ‘jaw’ for semantic reasons.
There is a series of derived verbal forms with meanings connected with throat, most of which are likely to have developed independently in different languages.
Also metathetic maˀlātu [CAD m1 161; AHw 594] ‘trachea or uvula’ (with mV-prefix). Alternatively to be treated as derivatives from alātu/laˀātu ‘to swallow’.
With a meaning shift from ‘throat’.
While the first n is probably a nominal suffix, the second n may reflect the PS dual suffix *-āni/*-ayni non-productive in MSA. If related, note an interesting meaning shift from ‘throat’ to ‘branchiae, gilľ as a breathing organ.