Enough in Malayalam
Enough is പോന്ന (ponna) when you need an adjective, as in enough strength or an adequate amount. It sits before the noun it measures. In running speech Malayalam often reaches for a verb form instead.
Most common translation
Sufficient, enough, adequate, competent.
ആ ജോലിക്ക് പോന്ന ആളാണ് അയാൾ.
aa jolikku ponna aalanu ayal.
He is a person competent for that job.
All Malayalam words for “enough”
- പോന്ന (ponna) — Sufficient, enough, adequate, competent.
- നല്ല (nalla) — Fine, good, well, satisfactory; good enough in quality; nice, good, pleasant, kind.
- പോരാ (pora) — Be not enough, will not do.
- പോരും (porum) — Which will be enough, which will come.
- സ്വീകാര്യമായ (sweekaaryamaaya) — Acceptable, fit to be accepted, satisfactory, good enough.
പോന്ന is the adjective sufficient or adequate, പോരും (porum) says that something will be enough, പോരാ (pora) says it will not do, and നല്ല (nalla) with സ്വീകാര്യമായ (sweekaaryamaaya) mean good enough in quality.
Common questions
How do you say enough in Malayalam?
പോന്ന (ponna) for enough or sufficient, and പോരും (porum) for that will be enough.
How do you say not enough?
പോരാ (pora), meaning it is not enough or will not do.