Across in Malayalam
The listed adverb for across, in the sense of crosswise or from one side to the other, is വിലങ്ങനെ (vilangane). More often Malayalam folds the idea into a verb, as with കടത്തുക (kadathuka), to carry something across.
Most common translation
Across.
ഒരു മരം റോഡിന് വിലങ്ങനെ വീണു.
oru maram roadinu vilangane veenu.
A tree fell across the road.
All Malayalam words for “across”
- വിലങ്ങനെ (vilangane) — Across.
- കടത്തുക (kadathuka) — Carry across, take away, admit, insert.
- പാലം (paalam) — Bridge; a structure built across a river, road or valley to cross over.
- റഷ്യ (rashya) — Russia, the very large country spread across eastern Europe and northern Asia.
വിലങ്ങനെ is a direction word, കടത്തുക is the verb of taking across, and പാലം is simply a bridge, the structure built across a river or road.
Common questions
How do you say across in Malayalam?
വിലങ്ങനെ (vilangane).
How would you say he carried it across?
With കടത്തുക (kadathuka); Malayalam prefers a verb of crossing to a separate preposition.