Overflow in Malayalam

Water spilling past the brim is കവിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുക (kavinjozhukuka), the verb to overflow. Rivers, dams, tanks and vessels all take it.

Most common translation

കവിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുക (kavinjozhukuka)

Overflow.

കനത്ത മഴയിൽ പുഴ കവിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുകയാണ്.

kanaththa mazhayil puzha kavinjozhukukayaanu.

In the heavy rain the river is overflowing.

All Malayalam words for “overflow”

parivahikkuka is a more literary overflow, kamattuka is to belch or vomit, and thilachumariyuka is to boil over, often of temper rather than liquid.

Common questions

How do you say overflow in Malayalam?

കവിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുക (kavinjozhukuka).

Which word fits a river overflowing?

കവിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുക (kavinjozhukuka), the plain verb for flowing past the brim.