Catch in Malayalam
To catch something is പിടിക്കുക (pidikkuka), one of the first verbs a learner of Malayalam picks up. It also means to hold or to grasp, so it covers catching a ball and taking hold of a handle alike. The stem is pidi, and the ending -kkuka marks the infinitive.
To catch, to take hold of, to grasp or capture.
പൂച്ച എലിയെ പിടിച്ചു.
poocha eliye pidichu.
The cat caught a mouse.
All Malayalam words for “catch”
- പിടിക്കുക (pidikkuka) — To catch, to take hold of, to grasp or capture.
- പിടിച്ചു (pidichu) — Caught, the past form of pidikkuka, to catch; seized, held or trapped; held, grasped, kept hold of; the past form of pidikkuka. Of a meeting or event held, Malayalam says nadatthi.
- ഏടാകൂടം (edaakoodam) — Difficulty, trouble, precarious situation, thorny problem, Catch 22 situation.
- ഓടിപ്പിടിക്കുക (odippidikkuka) — Catch up, overtake.
- തീപ്പിടിക്കുക (theeppidikkuka) — Catch fire, be on fire.
- മിസ് ചെയ്യുക (mis cheyyuka) — Missed, failed to catch, attend or notice something; also felt the absence of someone. Malayalam commonly uses this English loan, and says kittiyilla for missing a bus.
- ഹേയ് (hey) — Hey, a call used to catch someone's attention.
പിടിക്കുക (pidikkuka) is the general everyday verb; ഓടിപ്പിടിക്കുക (odippidikkuka) narrows it to catching up with someone and തീപ്പിടിക്കുക (theeppidikkuka) means to catch fire. മിസ് ചെയ്യുക (mis cheyyuka) is the common English loan for failing to catch something, ഹേയ് (hey) is the shout used to catch attention, and ഏടാകൂടം (edaakoodam) describes a catch twenty-two situation.
Common questions
How do you say catch in Malayalam?
Use പിടിക്കുക (pidikkuka), to catch or to take hold of.
How would I say something caught fire?
Malayalam has a single verb for it, തീപ്പിടിക്കുക (theeppidikkuka), built on the word for fire plus the verb for catching.