Lie in Malayalam
A lie is നുണ (nuna) in Malayalam, the short blunt word for an untruth. Children use it, newspapers use it, and it needs no softening. The verb for telling one is formed by adding the ordinary verb for saying.
Most common translation
Lie, calumny, flattery.
അവൻ നുണ പറഞ്ഞു.
avan nuna paranju.
He told a lie.
All Malayalam words for “lie”
- നുണ (nuna) — Lie, calumny, flattery.
- കപടത (kapadatha) — Lie, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, fake.
- വ്യാജം (vyaajam) — Lie, falsehood, fraud, sth. artificial, a fake.
- കളവ് (kalav) — Theft, falsehood, lie.
- കിടക്കുക (kidakkuka) — Lay; the past form of lie, to have rested flat or reclined; in Malayalam the same verb covers lying down.
- പതിയിരിക്കുക (pathiyirikkuka) — Lie in ambush, lurk, lie in wait.
- പുളു (pulu) — White lie, falsehood, untruthful statement, exaggerated talk.
nuna is a straightforward lie, pulu is a tall tale or white lie, kapadatha and vyaajam are falsehood as deceit or fakery, and kidakkuka is the unrelated verb for lying down.
Common questions
How do you say lie in Malayalam?
Say നുണ (nuna).
What about lie meaning to recline?
That is a different word; കിടക്കുക (kidakkuka) is the verb for lying down or resting flat.