Snare in Malayalam
A snare is കെണി (keni), the word for a trap set for an animal and, just as often, a trap set for a person. Malayalam proverbs use it for the schemes people fall into. Two syllables, light and quick.
Most common translation
Snare, trap, net, trick.
എലിയെ പിടിക്കാന് കെണി വെച്ചു.
eliye pidikkaan keni vechu.
We set a trap to catch the rat.
All Malayalam words for “snare”
- കെണി (keni) — Snare, trap, net, trick.
- വല (vala) — Net, network, snare (spider's) web.
വല (vala) is a net or web, including a spider's, so it names the material rather than the trap and its trick.
Common questions
How do you say snare in Malayalam?
കെണി (keni), a trap or snare, literal or figurative.
Which word would I use for a net?
വല (vala), the ordinary word for a fishing net or any mesh.