Crawl in Malayalam
For crawling and creeping the Malayalam root is ഇഴ (izha), the base of the verb used about babies on the floor and about snakes. The zh has no English twin; it is close to the r in the American pronunciation of pearl. Speakers also apply it to anything moving painfully slowly, such as traffic.
To crawl, to creep.
കുഞ്ഞ് പതുക്കെ തറയിൽ ഇഴയുന്നു.
kunju pathukke tharayil izhayunnu.
The baby is crawling slowly on the floor.
All Malayalam words for “crawl”
- ഇഴ (izha) — To crawl, to creep.
- നിരങ്ങുക (niranguka) — Crawl, go from house to house seeking help.
- മുളയുക (mulayuka) — Crawl along, stop ploughing.
ഇഴ is the general root for crawling, നിരങ്ങുക (niranguka) describes shuffling along on the haunches and, by extension, going door to door for help, and മുളയുക (mulayuka) is a narrow word tied to ploughing.
Common questions
How do you say crawl in Malayalam?
The root is ഇഴ (izha), used for babies crawling and for creatures that creep along the ground.
Which word would describe a baby learning to crawl?
ഇഴ (izha) is right for that; നിരങ്ങുക (niranguka) suggests dragging oneself along and can sound pitiable.