Slipping in Malayalam
Slipping is വഴുതല് (vazhuthal), a noun from the verb for slipping that covers a foot going out from under you and, figuratively, straying from the right path. Kerala sermons use the figurative sense freely. Three syllables, the middle one long.
Most common translation
Slipping, gliding, evading, straying from the proper path, escape.
നനഞ്ഞ തറയിൽ വഴുതല് ഉണ്ടാകും.
nananja tharayil vazhuthal undaakum.
There will be slipping on a wet floor.
All Malayalam words for “slipping”
- വഴുതല് (vazhuthal) — Slipping, gliding, evading, straying from the proper path, escape.
- തെറ്റല് (thettal) — Committing mistakes, slipping, shooting (an arrow etc.).
- തെന്നല് (thennal) — Southern wind, zephyr, breeze, slipping, sliding.
- തെറ്റ് (thett) — Error, mistake, fault, miscalculation, shooting with a catapult, slipping.
- പാളിച്ച (palicha) — Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
തെറ്റല് (thettal) and തെറ്റ് (thett) are about making mistakes, and തെന്നല് (thennal) is mainly the southern breeze, so വഴുതല് (vazhuthal) is the one that keeps the physical sense at the centre.
Common questions
How do you say slipping in Malayalam?
വഴുതല് (vazhuthal), the slipping or gliding of a foot, and also moral straying.
Which word means a slip in the sense of an error?
തെറ്റ് (thett), the ordinary word for a mistake or fault.