Loom in Malayalam
For the weavers loom the list offers മക്കം (makkam), an old word whose main senses are way and path. It is not what a weaver in Kerala would say today. The treadle worked by the foot is മെതി (methi).
Most common translation
Way, path, weaver's loom.
നെയ്ത്തുകാരന് മക്കത്തില് തുണി നെയ്തു.
neythukaaran makkathil thuni neythu.
The weaver wove cloth on the loom.
All Malayalam words for “loom”
- മക്കം (makkam) — Way, path, weaver's loom.
- മെതി (methi) — Kicking, threshing with the feet, trampling, treadle of a loom.
makkam reaches the loom only as a secondary and dated sense, while methi names the treadle, a part of the loom rather than the whole frame.
Common questions
How do you say loom in Malayalam?
മക്കം (makkam) is the listed word, though it is archaic and mainly means a path.
What is methi?
The treadle of a loom, the part pressed with the foot.