Playing in Malayalam
കളിക്കുന്നു (kalikkunnu) is the ongoing form, is playing or are playing, built on the verb to play. It is the answer you give when someone asks what the children are up to.
Most common translation
Playing, taking part in a game; the continuous form of kalikkuka, to play.
കുട്ടികൾ മുറ്റത്ത് കളിക്കുന്നു.
kuttikal muttatthu kalikkunnu.
The children are playing in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “playing”
- കളിക്കുന്നു (kalikkunnu) — Playing, taking part in a game; the continuous form of kalikkuka, to play.
- നാട്യം (naatyam) — Dance, dancing accompanied by playing on instruments, acting, pretension.
- പന്തുകളി (panthukali) — Playing with a ball, football.
- പന്ത് (panth) — Ball, playing ball, globular object, cards marked up to number ten.
- രംഗഭൂമി (ramgabhoomi) — Drama stage, battlefield, playing field.
- ലാസം (laasam) — Sport, jumping, dancing, joviality, playing about, juice, emulsion, ointment.
panthukali is playing with a ball and so football, panth is the ball itself, and naatyam and laasam belong to dance and sport rather than to the act of playing.
Common questions
How do you say playing in Malayalam?
കളിക്കുന്നു (kalikkunnu), the continuous form of the verb to play.
What is the word for playing ball?
പന്തുകളി (panthukali), which also serves as the word for football.