See in Malayalam
To see is കാണുക (kaanuka), and it does the full range of the English verb: to perceive with the eyes, to meet someone, to find out, to understand. The past form is കണ്ടു (kandu), which you hear constantly in conversation.
Most common translation
See, look at, meet, perceive, find out, keep in mind.
ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ ജനലിൽ നിന്ന് കടൽ കാണുന്നു.
njaan ippol janalil ninnu kadal kaanunnu
I am seeing the sea from the window now.
All Malayalam words for “see”
- കാണുക (kaanuka) — See, look at, meet, perceive, find out, keep in mind.
- വീക്ഷിക്കുക (veekshikkuka) — See, look, watch, observe.
- പാര്ക്കുക (paarkkuka) — Live, dwell, look, see.
- അതിശയകരമായ (athishayakaramaaya) — Amazing, astonishing, wonderful to see or hear.
- കണികാണുക (kanikanuka) — See the first thing in a day.
- കണ്ടു (kandu) — Saw, past tense of 'see'.
- കണ്ടുകിട്ടുക (kandukittuka) — Happen to see, happen to get.
- കാണുന്നു (kaanunnu) — Watching, looking at, viewing; the present form of kaanuka, to see or watch.
- ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക (chithreekarikkuka) — Picturize, depict, see as in a picture.
- താരതമ്യം ചെയ്തു (thaarathamyam cheythu) — Compared, set two things side by side to see how they differ; the past form of thaarathamyam cheyyuka.
- പരിശോധന (parishodhana) — Testing. Checking or examining something to see whether it works or is correct.
- പ്രത്യക്ഷത്തിൽ (prathyakshathil) — Apparently; as far as one can see, seemingly; everyday Malayalam has no single word for it and says ennu thonnunnu or kettittu instead.
- യാത്രഅയയ്ക്കുക (yaathraayaukkuka) — Send off, give a send-off, see sb. off.
- യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka) — Bid farewell, send off, see off, despatch.
- വ്യക്തമായ (vyakthamaaya) — Obvious; plain to see, clear without explanation, easily understood.
- വ്യക്തമായി (vyakthamaayi) — Clearly, plainly, in a way that is easy to see or to understand.
- വ്യക്തമായും (vyakthamaayum) — Obviously; clearly, plainly, as anyone can easily see.
- സുന്ദരമായ (sundaramaya) — Beautiful, lovely; pleasing to see or hear.
veekshikkuka is a formal to observe or watch, paarkkuka has look as a minor sense behind to live or dwell, and kanikanuka names the custom of looking at an auspicious object first thing in the morning.
Common questions
How do you say see in Malayalam?
കാണുക (kaanuka); I saw is കണ്ടു (kandu).
Which word fits watching or observing closely?
വീക്ഷിക്കുക (veekshikkuka), the formal verb to observe.