Raise in Malayalam

To raise is ഉയര്‍ത്തുക (uayarthuka), the causative of the verb for rising, and it covers lifting a load, raising a wage and raising your voice. The ending thuka marks the causative, so it literally means to make go up. It is the broadest of the words on this page.

Most common translation

ഉയര്‍ത്തുക (uayarthuka)

Raise, increase, lift.

പെട്ടി രണ്ടുപേർ ചേർന്ന് ഉയര്‍ത്തുക.

petti randuper chernnu uyarthuka.

Lift the box with two people together.

All Malayalam words for “raise”

ഉന്നയിക്കുക (unnayikkuka) is specific to raising an issue or a question in a meeting, നിവര്‍ക്കുക (nivarkkuka) is straightening rather than lifting, and പൊങ്ങിക്കുക (pongikkuka) and പൊന്തിക്കുക (ponthikkuka) mean lifting something up physically.

Common questions

How do you say raise in Malayalam?

ഉയര്‍ത്തുക (uayarthuka) is the general verb for raising or lifting.

How do you say raise a point in a meeting?

ഉന്നയിക്കുക (unnayikkuka), to bring an issue forward, is the verb for that, and it is standard in minutes and reports.