Gum in Malayalam
Gum as glue is പശ (pasha) in Malayalam, used for paste, starch and tree gum alike. Children sticking paper and carpenters joining wood both reach for the word. The gum around the teeth is a separate word, മോണ (mona).
Most common translation
Gum, glue, paste, starch, moisture, gain.
കടലാസ് ഒട്ടിക്കാൻ പശ വേണം.
kadalaasu ottikkaan pasha venam
Glue is needed to stick the paper.
All Malayalam words for “gum”
- പശ (pasha) — Gum, glue, paste, starch, moisture, gain.
- മോണ (mona) — Gum (of the teeth).
- കഷായം (kashayam) — Medicinal decoction (Ayurveda), juice or gum of trees, red colour.
pasha is adhesive gum or glue, mona is the gum of the mouth, and കഷായം (kashayam) covers tree gum within its medicinal senses.
Common questions
How do you say gum in Malayalam?
പശ (pasha) is the word for gum used as glue or paste.
What is the gum in your mouth called?
മോണ (mona), the gum that holds the teeth.