Slice in Malayalam
A slice is കഷണം (kashanam), the word for a piece or a cut portion of anything from bread to jackfruit. It is short, common and completely neutral. For the act of slicing, Malayalam reaches for one of several cutting verbs instead.
Piece, slice.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു കഷണം കേക്ക് തരൂ
enikku oru kashanam kekku tharoo
Give me a piece of cake.
All Malayalam words for “slice”
- കഷണം (kashanam) — Piece, slice.
- കണ്ടിക്കുക (kandikkuka) — Cut to pieces, slice.
- മുറിക്കുക (murikkuka) — Cut, slice, fragment, mince, assert, bring to an end.
- അടര്ക്കുക (adarkkuka) — Separate, sever, slice.
- തറിക്കുക (tharikkuka) — Cut down, chop off, slice.
- പൂളുക (pooluka) — Cut, cut into slices, slice.
- മുറി (muri) — Piece, fragment, slice, room, chamber, wound, loin cloth worm by woman, a village.
കണ്ടിക്കുക (kandikkuka), മുറിക്കുക (murikkuka), തറിക്കുക (tharikkuka) and പൂളുക (pooluka) are verbs for cutting into pieces, and മുറി (muri) means a piece but also room and wound, so it is less precise.
Common questions
How do you say slice in Malayalam?
The noun is കഷണം (kashanam); to slice something you use a cutting verb such as മുറിക്കുക (murikkuka).
Is there a word for a slice of bread specifically?
Kerala bakeries use the English loan slice; in the kitchen people say the word for piece together with the name of the food.