Crawling in Malayalam
The noun for crawling or creeping is ഇഴച്ചില് (izchil). It is also what Keralites call a queue or a line of vehicles barely moving, which is how most people hear it in traffic reports. The zh is retroflex and the ch after it is unaspirated.
Crawling, creeping, trailing.
പാമ്പിന്റെ ഇഴച്ചില് മണ്ണിൽ കണ്ടു.
paampinte izchil mannil kandu.
The snake's crawling track was seen in the sand.
All Malayalam words for “crawling”
- ഇഴച്ചില് (izchil) — Crawling, creeping, trailing.
- നിരക്കം (nirakkam) — Crawling, creeping, distress, poverty.
- നിരങ്ങല് (nirangal) — Crawling on the haunches, going from house to house seeking help, crawling.
- പഴുതാര (pazhuthara) — A small poisonous crawling creature with many legs, centipede.
- പാമ്പ് (paampu) — Snake. A legless crawling reptile; serpent.
ഇഴച്ചില് is the general noun; നിരങ്ങല് (nirangal) and നിരക്കം (nirakkam) describe dragging oneself along and carry a flavour of destitution, and പഴുതാര (pazhuthara) is not an action at all but the centipede.
Common questions
How do you say crawling in Malayalam?
ഇഴച്ചില് (izchil), the noun for crawling, creeping or trailing along.
Why does one of the options mean centipede?
പഴുതാര (pazhuthara) names the many-legged crawler itself, so it answers what crawls rather than what crawling is.