Graze in Malayalam

മേയുക (meyuka) is what cattle do when they graze in a field. Oddly enough the same verb also means to thatch a roof. Two syllables: me-yu-ka.

Most common translation

മേയുക (meyuka)

Thatch the roof, graze in the field by cattle.

പശുക്കൾ പാടത്ത് മേയുകയാണ്.

pashukkal paadathu meyukayaanu.

The cows are grazing in the field.

All Malayalam words for “graze”

മേയുക (meyuka) is the animal grazing, while മേയിക്കുക (meyikkuka) is the causative, a person taking cattle out to graze. മേയിക്കല്‍ (meyikkal) is the noun for that tending.

Common questions

How do you say graze in Malayalam?

മേയുക (meyuka) when the animals graze by themselves.

What changes in മേയിക്കുക (meyikkuka)?

The -ikk- makes it causative, so it means to make cattle graze, that is, to pasture or tend them.