Bite in Malayalam
Among these, കൊത്തുക (kothuka) is the verb for biting the way a snake or a bird does it, striking and pecking. Pronounce it ko-thuka with a soft dental th. The same verb is used for carving stone.
Peck, bite, cut, play with pebbles, drink (toddy), engrave (on stone, metal things etc.)carve.
കോഴി നെല്ല് കൊത്തുന്നു.
kozhi nellu kothunnu.
The hen is pecking at the paddy.
All Malayalam words for “bite”
- കൊത്തുക (kothuka) — Peck, bite, cut, play with pebbles, drink (toddy), engrave (on stone, metal things etc.)carve.
- കടികുടുക (kadikuduka) — Bite each other, quarrel.
- കവിയം (kaviyam) — The bite of the bridle, bridle.
- പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi) — Snake- bite.
കൊത്തുക (kothuka) covers biting and pecking by animals; പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi) is the noun for a snake bite; കടികുടുക (kadikuduka) means biting each other and by extension quarrelling; കവിയം (kaviyam) is the bite of a bridle, a horse-tack term.
Common questions
How do you say bite in Malayalam?
The verb is കൊത്തുക (kothuka), used of snakes and birds in particular.
What is the word for a snake bite?
പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi), a compound of the words for snake and bite, used in medical and everyday contexts alike.