Hungry in Malayalam
വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna) is hungry, in need of food, formed from the verb വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka). Notice the structure Malayalam prefers: instead of I am hungry, speakers say enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me.
Most common translation
Hungry, in need of food (Malayalam normally says enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me).
എനിക്ക് നല്ലപോലെ വിശക്കുന്നു.
enikku nallapole vishakkunnu.
I am really hungry.
All Malayalam words for “hungry”
- വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna) — Hungry, in need of food (Malayalam normally says enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me).
- കത്തുക (kathuka) — Burn, be aggrieved, feel very hungry.
- പശിക്കുക (pashikkuka) — Feel hungry.
- വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka) — Feel hungry; (fig.) be very eager to know, have a strong desire for, hunger for.
പശിക്കുക is an older verb for feeling hungry, and കത്തുക is to burn, used figuratively of being very hungry indeed.
Common questions
How do you say hungry in Malayalam?
വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna), hungry or in need of food.
What is the verb behind it?
വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka), to feel hungry, which also means to be hungry for something figuratively.