Itself in Malayalam
Itself usually turns up in Malayalam as an emphasis fixed to a word, which is why അന്ന് (annu) is glossed that day, at that time itself. Kerala English keeps the habit, as in that day itself. The variant അന്നേ (anne) does the same for even then.
Most common translation
That day, at that time itself.
അന്ന് നല്ല മഴയായിരുന്നു.
annu nalla mazhayayirunnu.
It rained heavily that day.
All Malayalam words for “itself”
- അന്ന് (annu) — That day, at that time itself.
- അന്നേ (anne) — Even then, at that time itself.
- ഒടിയുക (odiyuka) — Break (by itself).
- നിർത്തുക (nirtthuka) — Stopped, past of stop; brought something to a halt or gave up doing it. When a thing stops by itself Malayalam says nilkkuka.
- പടുമുള (padumula) — A shoot springing by itself, bad sprout.
- പഴം (pazham) — Fruit. A ripe fruit; by itself it often means a banana.
- മെച്ചപ്പെട്ടു (mechappettu) — Improved, got better, bettered itself; the past form of mechappeduka.
- ശരി (shari) — Right, correct, true; also used by itself to mean all right; okay, all right, fine; also correct.
ഒടിയുക is itself of another kind, something breaking by itself with nobody doing it, and ശരി is a word used by itself to mean all right.
Common questions
How do you say itself in Malayalam?
It appears as an emphasis on the word, as in അന്ന് (annu), that day itself.
How do you say something happened by itself?
With a plain intransitive verb: ഒടിയുക (odiyuka) is to break by itself, with no doer mentioned.