Serpent in Malayalam
പാമ്പ് (paampu) is the snake, the everyday word for any legless reptile, and it serves for the literary serpent too. In Kerala it comes with a whole vocabulary of fear and ritual attached.
Most common translation
Snake. A legless crawling reptile; serpent.
പാമ്പിനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ പേടിച്ചു.
paampine kandappol njaan pedichu.
I got scared when I saw the snake.
All Malayalam words for “serpent”
- പാമ്പ് (paampu) — Snake. A legless crawling reptile; serpent.
- കാവ് (kavu) — A garden or grove, dense wood where Kaali and the serpent- God Naga are worshipped;.
kavu is a sacred grove where the serpent deities are worshipped, a Kerala institution, and not a word for the animal.
Common questions
How do you say serpent in Malayalam?
പാമ്പ് (paampu).
What is a kavu?
കാവ് (kavu) is a grove kept for the worship of the serpent gods and Kaali.