Fatten in Malayalam
To fatten or grow fat is കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka), said ko-zhuk-ku-ka with the zh sound peculiar to Malayalam. It is used of animals being fattened and of people putting on weight, and it also means to thicken. Feeding someone up has its own compound.
Most common translation
Grow fat, fatten, thicken.
നല്ല തീറ്റ കൊടുത്താൽ പശു കൊഴുക്കുകയാണ്.
nalla theetta koduthaal pashu kozhukkukayaanu.
If given good feed the cow does grow fat.
All Malayalam words for “fatten”
- കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka) — Grow fat, fatten, thicken.
- ഊട്ടി വളര്ത്തുക (ootti valarthuka) — Feed and fatten, give nourishing food and bring up.
- ഊട്ടിവളര്ത്തുക (oottivalarthuka) — Feed and fatten, give nourishing food and bring up.
കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka) is growing or making fat, while ഊട്ടി വളര്ത്തുക (ootti valarthuka) and ഊട്ടിവളര്ത്തുക (oottivalarthuka) are the same compound, spaced and joined, for feeding up and rearing.
Common questions
How do you say fatten in Malayalam?
Say കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka).
How do you say feed and fatten?
That is ഊട്ടിവളര്ത്തുക (oottivalarthuka), to nourish and bring up.