Slip in Malayalam
A foot slipping is വഴുതുക (vazhuthuka), which also covers gliding and slipping away. Wet floors and greasy steps call for it. The zh is the retroflex sound peculiar to Malayalam and Tamil.
Most common translation
Slip, glide, escape, evade, stray from the proper path.
ഈറൻ പടിയിൽ കാൽ വഴുതുകയാണ്.
eeran padiyil kaal vazhuthukayaanu.
The foot slips on the wet step.
All Malayalam words for “slip”
- വഴുതുക (vazhuthuka) — Slip, glide, escape, evade, stray from the proper path.
- ഇടറുക (idaruka) — Slip, stumble, err.
- കയ്യബദ്ധം (kayyabaddham) — Slip, error, accident.
- പാളുക (paaluka) — Slip, slide, slink, miss the aim, fail.
- പിഴ (pizha) — Slip, oversight, error, injustice, livelihood, atonement, prostitution, adultery, fine.
- തെറ്റുക (thettuka) — Error, stumble, slip, quarrel, shoot, splash.
- ഉരിയുക (uriyuka) — Be stripped, slip off, pluck off.
- കടക്കുക (kadakkuka) — Enter, go away, transgress, quit, run away, slip away.
- കഴലുക (kazhaluka) — Slip off, get separated, get loose.
- ചോരുക (choruka) — Leak, ooze out, slip through.
- തെന്നിമാറുക (thennimaaruka) — Evade, avoid, slip away.
വഴുതുക (vazhuthuka) is physical slipping, ഇടറുക (idaruka) is stumbling or tripping, ഉരിയുക (uriyuka) is slipping off as a ring does, and പിഴ (pizha), തെറ്റുക (thettuka), പാളുക (paaluka) and കയ്യബദ്ധം (kayyabaddham) are slips in the sense of mistakes and lapses.
Common questions
How do you say slip in Malayalam?
വഴുതുക (vazhuthuka) for slipping underfoot, പിഴ (pizha) for a slip or oversight.
Which word means a slip of the hand?
കയ്യബദ്ധം (kayyabaddham), a slip, error or small accident.