Possess in Malayalam
കയ്ക്കലാക്കുക (kaykkalaakkuka) is to possess in the sense of coming to hold something, and കരസ്ഥമാക്കുക (karasthamakkuka) is to get hold of or take into one's hands. Both describe acquiring and keeping rather than simply owning.
Most common translation
കയ്ക്കലാക്കുക (kaykkalaakkuka)
Possess, procure.
കച്ചവടക്കാരൻ മുഴുവൻ വിള കയ്ക്കലാക്കുകയാണ്.
kachavadakkaaran muzhuvan vila kaykkalaakkukayaanu
The trader is taking over the whole crop.
All Malayalam words for “possess”
- കയ്ക്കലാക്കുക (kaykkalaakkuka) — Possess, procure.
- ആവേശിക്കുക (aaveshikkuka) — Possess, be possessed by a spirit, enter.
- താവുക (thavuka) — Possess, jump, cross by jumping, spread, shine.
- കരസ്ഥമാക്കുക (karasthamakkuka) — Get hold of, possess.
- ആവാഹിക്കുക (aavaahikkuka) — Invoke the deity or evil spirit to enter or possess sb. or sth.
- ഭൂപരിധി (bhooparithi) — Boundary or limit of the earth, ceiling on land, limit of the area of land that a person can possess.
- മോഹവില (mohavila) — Fancy price, high price offered for sth. because of the desire to possess it.
aaveshikkuka and aavaahikkuka are about possession by a spirit and the invoking of one, a different sense of the English word and easy to misapply.
Common questions
How do you say possess in Malayalam?
കയ്ക്കലാക്കുക (kaykkalaakkuka) or കരസ്ഥമാക്കുക (karasthamakkuka) for possessing something.
Which word is used when a spirit possesses someone?
ആവേശിക്കുക (aaveshikkuka), with ആവാഹിക്കുക (aavaahikkuka) for invoking a spirit to enter.