Feel in Malayalam

Inner sensation and impression are both carried by തോന്നുക (thonnuka), which covers feeling, thinking and seeming. The subject takes the dative, so one says literally it feels to me. Specific feelings get their own verbs, such as ഉറക്കം വരിക (urakkam varika) for feeling sleepy.

Most common translation

തോന്നുക (thonnuka)

Think, feel, remember, conjecture.

മഴ വരുമെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു.

mazha varumennu thonnunnu.

It appears that it will rain.

All Malayalam words for “feel”

thonnuka is the all-purpose verb of feeling and seeming, ഉഷ്ണിക്കുക (ushnikkuka) is to feel heat, അറയ്ക്കുക (arayekkuka) to feel disgust, and ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka) to feel bored.

Common questions

How do you say feel in Malayalam?

Feel is തോന്നുക (thonnuka).

How do I say I feel sleepy?

Malayalam uses ഉറക്കം വരിക (urakkam varika), literally sleep comes.