Drink in Malayalam
Drink is കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka), the verb for swallowing any liquid, from water to coffee. It serves for the act and for the noun drinking as well.
Most common translation
Drink; to swallow a liquid, to take water or a beverage; drinking; taking water or another liquid into the mouth and swallowing it.
ദിവസവും ധാരാളം വെള്ളം കുടിക്കുക.
divasavum dhaaraalam vellam kudikkuka.
Drink plenty of water every day.
All Malayalam words for “drink”
- കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka) — Drink; to swallow a liquid, to take water or a beverage; drinking; taking water or another liquid into the mouth and swallowing it.
- മദ്യപിക്കുക (madyapikkuka) — Drink (liquor).
- കൊത്തുക (kothuka) — Peck, bite, cut, play with pebbles, drink (toddy), engrave (on stone, metal things etc.)carve.
- ഉണ്ണുക (unnuka) — Eat, devour, eat cooked rice, drink milk, honey, etc.
- കാപ്പി (kaappi) — Coffee, the hot drink made from roasted coffee beans; also the bean and the plant.
- ചായ (chaya) — Tea; the hot drink made with tea leaves, milk and sugar.
- ദാഹിക്കുന്ന (dahikkunna) — Thirsty; feeling the need to drink water.
- നുകരുക (nukaruka) — Appreciate, enjoy, eat, drink or sip with pleasure, kiss.
- പട്ടയടിക്കുക (pattayadikkuka) — Drink liquor (alcohol).
- പാൽ (paal) — Milk, the white liquid from cows or goats, used as a drink and in cooking.
- ബിയർ (biyar) — Beer; a light alcoholic drink made from barley, sold in bottles or cans.
- മദ്യം (madyam) — Intoxicating drink, toddy, liquor.
- മോന്തുക (monthuka) — Drink by putting the lips to the mouth of the vessel, drink off completely.
- വീശുക (veeshuka) — Fan, blow, cast net, wave; (fig.) drink liquor.
- വെള്ളം (vellam) — Water, the clear liquid people drink and wash with, rain or river water.
- വൈൻ (vain) — Wine; an alcoholic drink made from grapes. The older word veenju is used mainly in church and literary contexts.
- സേവിച്ചു (sevichu) — Served; worked for a person, a country or an organisation; of food and drink Malayalam says vilambi instead.
കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka) is the neutral verb; മദ്യപിക്കുക (madyapikkuka) is drinking liquor, വെള്ളം (vellam) is water and കാപ്പി (kaappi) coffee, while കൊത്തുക (kothuka), ദാഹിക്കുന്ന (dahikkunna) and ഉണ്ണുക (unnuka) touch drinking only in passing.
Common questions
How do you say drink in Malayalam?
കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka).
How do I speak about drinking alcohol?
മദ്യപിക്കുക (madyapikkuka) is the verb reserved for drinking liquor.