Mouse in Malayalam
എലി (eli) is the animal, and Malayalam uses it for mouse and rat alike without insisting on the difference. The computer mouse is normally called by the English word in speech, with no native coinage in common use. ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക (klikk cheyyuka) is the related verb, to click a button or tap a link.
Rat, mouse.
അടുക്കളയിൽ ഒരു എലി ഉണ്ട്.
adukkalayil oru eli undu.
There is a mouse in the kitchen.
All Malayalam words for “mouse”
- എലി (eli) — Rat, mouse.
- ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക (klikk cheyyuka) — Click; to press a mouse button or tap a link on a screen, also the small sharp sound of something snapping.
Nothing in this entry is a dedicated word for the pointing device; speakers borrow the English term for the hardware, while ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക (klikk cheyyuka) covers the action of clicking it.
Common questions
How do you say mouse in Malayalam?
എലി (eli) for the animal. For the computer mouse, the English word is what people actually say.
Is there a separate word for rat?
എലി (eli) does duty for both. When size or species matters, a qualifier is added in front of it.