Cattle in Malayalam
Cattle are കന്നുകാലി (kannukaali), the word a farmer uses for cows and buffaloes together. Being collective, it needs no plural ending. നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) is wider and means any four-legged creature.
Most common translation
Cattle (buffalo, cow etc.).
കന്നുകാലികള് വയലില് പുല്ല് തിന്നുന്നു
kannukaalikal vayalil pullu thinnunnu
The cattle are eating grass in the field.
All Malayalam words for “cattle”
- കന്നുകാലി (kannukaali) — Cattle (buffalo, cow etc.).
- നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) — Anything having four legs, cattle, table, chair, etc., quadruped.
- അകിട് (akidu) — Udder (of cattle, goat, etc).
- ഗോശാല (goshaala) — Cattle shed, cow shed.
- തെളിക്കല് (thelikkal) — Making clear or pure, clearing forest, driving cattle.
- നിര്യാണം (nirayanam) — Death, salvation, rope for fastening cattle, iron.
- പുല്ല് (pullu) — Grass, the green plant that covers the ground and is eaten by cattle.
- മേച്ചില് (mechil) — Thatching roof, grazing cattle.
- മേയിക്കല് (meyikkal) — Feed, graze or tend the cattle.
- മേയിക്കുക (meyikkuka) — Feed or graze the cattle.
- മേയുക (meyuka) — Thatch the roof, graze in the field by cattle.
കന്നുകാലി (kannukaali) is cattle proper, നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) any quadruped, ഗോശാല (goshaala) the cattle shed, അകിട് (akidu) the udder, and പുല്ല് (pullu) the grass they eat.
Common questions
How do you say cattle in Malayalam?
കന്നുകാലി (kannukaali).
What is a cattle shed called?
ഗോശാല (goshaala).