Legs in Malayalam
Legs are കാലുകൾ (kaalukal) in Malayalam, a plural that serves for a person and for the supports of a table or chair alike. The same form also does duty for feet, so context carries the difference. Anything with four of them is നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali).
Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
നടന്നിട്ട് കാലുകൾ വേദനിക്കുന്നു.
nadannittu kaalukal vedanikkunnu.
My feet hurt from walking.
All Malayalam words for “legs”
- കാലുകൾ (kaalukal) — Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
- കവയ്ക്കുക (kavaykkuka) — Pull the legs apart, compose poetry.
- നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) — Anything having four legs, cattle, table, chair, etc., quadruped.
- പഴുതാര (pazhuthara) — A small poisonous crawling creature with many legs, centipede.
- പാന്റ് (pant) — Trousers. A garment worn on the legs; pants.
- മേശ (mesha) — Table, a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs.
kaalukal is the plural for legs and feet, naalkkali is a four-legged creature or object, pazhuthara is the many-legged centipede, and pant and mesha are the trousers and the table that appear alongside.
Common questions
How do you say legs in Malayalam?
കാലുകൾ (kaalukal).
Does kaalukal also mean feet?
Yes, one plural covers both, and the sentence makes clear which is meant.