Rat-trap in Malayalam
A rat trap is എലിപ്പത്തായം (elippthayam), the compound of the native word for rat and the word for a granary bin, the box that shuts on the animal. The pp is held hard in the join. Hardware shops and kitchens know it by no other name.
Most common translation
Rat-trap.
അടുക്കളയില് ഒരു എലിപ്പത്തായം വെച്ചു.
adukkalayil oru elippathaayam vechu.
A rat trap was set in the kitchen.
Dictionary entry
- എലിപ്പത്തായം (elippthayam) — Rat-trap.
Note that this compound keeps the colloquial word for rat, which is the one actually used in speech, unlike the Sanskrit word listed under rat itself.
Common questions
How do you say rat-trap in Malayalam?
എലിപ്പത്തായം (elippthayam), the rat box or trap.
Is it used figuratively?
It is also the title of a well known Malayalam film, and people do use the image for a situation you cannot get out of.