Boat in Malayalam
A boat is വള്ളം (vallam), the word behind Kerala's famous boat races. It covers the small country craft that are rowed or poled along the backwaters.
Most common translation
Boat, country craft.
വള്ളം കായലിലൂടെ പോയി.
vallam kaayaliloode poyi.
The boat went along the backwater.
All Malayalam words for “boat”
- വള്ളം (vallam) — Boat, country craft.
- ഓടം (oodam) — Boat, a weaver's shuttle.
- തോണി (thoni) — Boat, trough or cistern or tub (for bathing, massaging, etc.).
- അമരം (amaram) — Stern of a boat or ship.
- ഊന്നല് (oonnal) — Support, prop, moving a boat (barge) with a barge pole.
- ഊന്നുക (oonnuka) — Support, stress (a point), give importance, emphasize, use a pole to propel a boat (barge).
- പോതം (potham) — Young one of an animal, raft, ferry boat.
- വഞ്ചി (vanchi) — A large boat, name of former Travancore state, Thiru-vanchikkulam, treasure box.
വള്ളം (vallam) and തോണി (thoni) are both everyday boats, the second often a smaller dugout and also a bathing trough; ഓടം (oodam) is poetic, വഞ്ചി (vanchi) a large boat, പോതം (potham) a ferry or raft, അമരം (amaram) the stern, and ഊന്നല് (oonnal) and ഊന്നുക (oonnuka) describe poling a boat along.
Common questions
How do you say boat in Malayalam?
വള്ളം (vallam) is the usual word for a boat.
What is the difference between vallam and thoni?
വള്ളം (vallam) is the general boat, while തോണി (thoni) suggests a small hollowed craft and is also the word for a wooden trough.