Lump in Malayalam
A lump on the body, the kind you want a doctor to look at, is മുഴ (muzha). The word covers a swelling, a protuberance and a tumour, and it is the one patients use when describing what they have found. The zh is the distinctive Malayalam retroflex sound, so it is closer to mu-ra than to mu-zha.
Lump, protuberance, tumour, knob, hard swelling.
കൈയിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ മുഴ ഉണ്ട്.
kaiyil oru cheriya muzha undu.
There is a small lump on my hand.
All Malayalam words for “lump”
- മുഴ (muzha) — Lump, protuberance, tumour, knob, hard swelling.
- മണ്കട്ട (mankatta) — Lump of earth, clod.
മുഴ (muzha) is a lump or swelling on a body or a surface. മണ്കട്ട (mankatta) is a different thing altogether, a clod or lump of earth, built from the words for soil and block.
Common questions
How do you say lump in Malayalam?
Use മുഴ (muzha) for a lump or swelling, including a tumour.
What would I call a lump of mud or clay?
മണ്കട്ട (mankatta), the word for a clod of earth, which is used by farmers and builders.