Hunger in Malayalam
Hunger is വിശപ്പ് (vishapp), the plain noun for needing food, and also for appetite. The double pp is clipped and the final sound light: vi-shap-pu. Figuratively it covers a hunger for knowledge too.
Most common translation
Hunger, appetite; (fig.) strong desire, curiosity.
നല്ല വിശപ്പുണ്ട്, ഭക്ഷണം തരൂ.
nalla vishappundu, bhakshanam tharoo.
I am very hungry, please give me food.
All Malayalam words for “hunger”
- വിശപ്പ് (vishapp) — Hunger, appetite; (fig.) strong desire, curiosity.
- കത്തല് (kathal) — Burning sensation, feeling hot, hunger, grief.
- പൊരിയുക (poriyuka) — Be parched, be scorched, be baked, faint with hunger.
- വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka) — Feel hungry; (fig.) be very eager to know, have a strong desire for, hunger for.
- വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna) — Hungry, in need of food (Malayalam normally says enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me).
വിശക്കുക is the verb to feel hungry and വിശക്കുന്ന the adjective hungry, while കത്തല് reaches hunger only through its sense of burning.
Common questions
How do you say hunger in Malayalam?
വിശപ്പ് (vishapp), hunger or appetite.
How does Malayalam say I am hungry?
With the verb വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka) and an indirect subject: enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me.