Keep in Malayalam
To keep or put something somewhere is വയ്ക്കുക (vaykkuka), one of the busiest verbs in Malayalam, stretching to installing, building and cooking. Say vay-kku-ka. Its past form is vechu, kept or placed.
Most common translation
Install, keep, think, construct, build, cook.
പാത്രം അടുപ്പത്ത് വയ്ക്കുക.
paathram aduppathu vaykkuka.
Put the pot on the stove.
All Malayalam words for “keep”
- വയ്ക്കുക (vaykkuka) — Install, keep, think, construct, build, cook.
- വെച്ചിരിക്കുക (vechirikkuka) — (idm.) keep, cohabit with, keep as a mistress.
- രക്ഷിക്കുക (rakshikkuka) — Protect, save, guard, keep, watch.
- അടക്കിഭരിക്കുക (adakkibharikkuka) — Rule over everything, keep everything under control.
- അടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുക (adangiyirikkuka) — Keep quiet, remain without interfering.
- ഒളിപ്പിക്കുക (olippikkuka) — Keep something out of sight, conceal.
- ഓർക്കുക (orkkuka) — Remember, keep in mind, recall something.
- കാണുക (kaanuka) — See, look at, meet, perceive, find out, keep in mind.
- കാത്തിരിക്കുക (kathirikkuka) — Expect, wait for, keep vigil.
- പരിപാലിക്കുക (paripaalikkuka) — Maintain. To keep something in good condition; to look after it and keep it going.
- പുതയ്ക്കുക (puthaykkuka) — Wrap cloth over the body (in winter) to keep it warm.
- പൂട്ടിയിടുക (poottiyiduka) — Fasten, keep under leash, down the shutter, lock out.
- ബാങ്കുകൾ (baankukal) — Banks; institutions that keep money and give loans; the sides of a river are called kara.
- മാറുക (maaruka) — Change, keep aloof, mistake one thing for another, vanish, improve, change dress, barter.
- മാറ്റുക (maattuka) — Remove, change sth. or sb., substitute, alleviate, keep sth. away.
- മിണ്ടാതിരിക്കുക (mindaathirikkuka) — Keep silent.
- വാക്കുപാലിക്കുക (vaakkupaalikkuka) — Keep one's word.
- വിയോജിക്കുക (viyojikkuka) — Separate, keep disunited, differ, disagree.
- വെച്ചു (vechu) — Kept, put, placed, stored; the past form of vekkuka, to keep or put.
vaykkuka is to keep or place, vechu its past form, rakshikkuka to keep safe or protect, paripaalikkuka to keep something maintained, and adangiyirikkuka to keep quiet.
Common questions
How do you say keep in Malayalam?
വയ്ക്കുക (vaykkuka), to keep or put.
How do you say keep quiet?
adangiyirikkuka, to stay still and not interfere.