Sand in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “sand”:
- ഗോദ (goda) — A raised platform filled with sand for wrestling.
- ചെമ്മണ്ണ് (chemmannu) — Red sand or soil.
- തിട്ട (thitta) — Raised bank, sand- hill, platform.
- പൂന്തുക (poonthuka) — Sink in sand or mud etc.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
- മണല് (manal) — Loose sand.
- മണല്ത്തരി (manalthari) — Grain of sand, granulated particle of sand, sand granules.
- മാമാങ്കം (maamaankam) — A very great festival, a great festival held once in twelve years on the sand bed at Thirunavai in the month of 'Magha'(January-February).