Increase in Malayalam

To increase in number is പെരുകുക (perukuka), used of crowds, cases and prices going up of their own accord. Three light syllables, pe-ru-ku-ka. When someone increases a thing on purpose, the causative peruppikkuka takes over.

Most common translation

പെരുകുക (perukuka)

Increase, multiply, become large, bloat.

മഴക്കാലത്ത് കൊതുകുകള്‍ പെരുകും

mazhakkaalathu kothukukal perukum

Mosquitoes multiply in the rainy season.

All Malayalam words for “increase”

perukuka is to increase on its own, peruppikkuka to increase or enlarge something and also to exaggerate, polikkuka to grow and multiply, and polima or poliv the resulting increase.

Common questions

How do you say increase in Malayalam?

പെരുകുക (perukuka), to increase or multiply.

How do you say to increase something?

peruppikkuka, to increase or enlarge it.