Petrify in Malayalam
കല്ലിക്കുക (kallikkuka) means to petrify in the literal sense: to turn to stone or grow as hard as stone. It is built straight on the word for stone. Say kal-lik-ku-ka.
Most common translation
Petrify, become hard as stone.
ചോറ് തണുത്ത് കല്ലിച്ചു പോയി.
choru thanuthu kallichu poyi.
The rice turned cold and hard.
Dictionary entry
- കല്ലിക്കുക (kallikkuka) — Petrify, become hard as stone.
The English figurative sense, petrified with fear, does not come with it; that is expressed with words for fright instead.
Common questions
How do you say petrify in Malayalam?
Petrify is കല്ലിക്കുക (kallikkuka).
How do you say petrified with fear?
With a word for fear and a verb of freezing or trembling, not with kallikkuka, which stays with actual stone.