Got in Malayalam
Got, when something has come to you, is കിട്ടി (kitti), the past of kittuka, to get. Two crisp syllables, and it is exactly what Malayalis say the moment a message arrives or a point lands. Other kinds of getting take other verbs.
Most common translation
Got, received, obtained (past form of kittuka, to get).
എനിക്ക് ഇന്ന് ഒരു കത്ത് കിട്ടി.
enikku innu oru kathu kitti
I got a letter today.
All Malayalam words for “got”
- കിട്ടി (kitti) — Got, received, obtained (past form of kittuka, to get).
- ഇറങ്ങി (irangi) — Landed, the past form of iranguka, to come down; alighted or got down.
- ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam) — Gotta, have got to, must; Malayalam adds the ending -nam to the verb, as in cheyyanam, gotta do it.
- തടി (thadi) — Wood; timber, the hard material got from trees; firewood is virak and a forest is kaadu.
- പാരമ്പര്യസിദ്ധം (paarambaryasiddham) — What is intrinsic, what is inherited, what is traditionally got, acquired through heredity, hereditary factors.
- പാരിജാതം (parijatham) — A divine tree (got from the ocean of milk when it was being churned by the Devas (gods) and Asuras according to Hindu mythology), a tree with fragrant flowers, fragrance.
- മെച്ചപ്പെട്ടു (mechappettu) — Improved, got better, bettered itself; the past form of mechappeduka.
- ലബ്ധം (labdham) — What is received, got or accepted.
കിട്ടി is got or received; മെച്ചപ്പെട്ടു is got better, ഇറങ്ങി is got down or alighted, and ലബ്ധം is the formal what has been received.
Common questions
How do you say got in Malayalam?
കിട്ടി (kitti).
How do I say gotta or have got to?
Add -nam to the verb, as in ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam), gotta do it or must do it.