Semitic Etymological Database
Identification with Ugr. ld 'goblet' is unprovable (Kogan 2015:364).
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’.
Compared to PArm root *lḥy - (to be) bad, but all further etymological equations are doubtful. (Kogan 2015:427)