Drip in Malayalam
ഇറ്റിക്കുക (ittikkuka) is to let something fall drop by drop, as with medicine into an eye or oil into a lamp. The double tt is retroflex and crisp. Being a causative, it assumes someone or something is making the drops fall.
Most common translation
Drip, allow to fall drop by drop.
കണ്ണിൽ രണ്ടു തുള്ളി മരുന്ന് ഇറ്റിക്കുക.
kannil randu thulli marunnu ittikkuka.
Put two drops of medicine in the eye.
All Malayalam words for “drip”
- ഇറ്റിക്കുക (ittikkuka) — Drip, allow to fall drop by drop.
- ഊറുക (ooruka) — Drip, fall drop by drop, seep into, trickle.
ഇറ്റിക്കുക is dripping something deliberately, while ഊറുക (ooruka) is liquid seeping or trickling out by itself, as sap does from a cut stem.
Common questions
How do you say drip in Malayalam?
ഇറ്റിക്കുക (ittikkuka) when something is made to fall drop by drop.
Which verb fits water seeping through a wall?
ഊറുക (ooruka), the word for slow natural seeping and trickling.