Living in Malayalam

Living, in the sense of alive, is ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) in Malayalam, said of anything that still has life in it. Livelihood, the living one earns, is a different word: പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu). The two senses of the English word pull apart completely here.

Most common translation

ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla)

Alive; living, not dead, still having life.

മീൻ ഇപ്പോഴും ജീവനുള്ളതാണ്.

meen ippozhum jeevanullathaanu.

The fish is still alive.

All Malayalam words for “living”

jeevanulla means alive, pizhappu means livelihood or subsistence, and the remaining options describe particular people, such as a neighbour living nearby or families living together.

Common questions

How do you say living in Malayalam?

ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) when it means alive.

How do you say to earn a living?

The noun for livelihood is പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu).