Apart in Malayalam
English apart is an adverb, but Malayalam builds the meaning into verbs. For things that come apart or break apart, the verb is പകയുക (pakayuka), to be separated, so you change the verb rather than add a word.
Most common translation
Be separated, break apart, become a part of.
വേനലില് പാടത്തെ മണ്ണ് പകഞ്ഞു കീറി
venalil paadathe mannu pakanju keeri
In summer the soil of the field cracked apart.
All Malayalam words for “apart”
- പകയുക (pakayuka) — Be separated, break apart, become a part of.
- കവയ്ക്കുക (kavaykkuka) — Pull the legs apart, compose poetry.
- പിണങ്ങുക (pinanguka) — Ill-feel, move apart out of hatred be cross with.
- ഫണ്ട് (fandu) — Fund; money set aside or collected for a purpose, a store of money; funds; money set apart or available for a purpose; panam is money in general and dhanasahaayam is aid money.
- വ്യക്തി (vyakthi) — Individual, a single person seen apart from the group.
പകയുക is coming apart; കവയ്ക്കുക is pulling the legs apart, പിണങ്ങുക (pinanguka) is people drifting apart in bad feeling, and ഫണ്ട് is money set apart.
Common questions
How do you say apart in Malayalam?
There is no single adverb; for breaking apart use the verb പകയുക (pakayuka).
Why is there no one word for apart?
Because separation is shown in the verb: പകയുക for things coming apart, പിണങ്ങുക (pinanguka) for people falling out.