Snuff-box in Malayalam
A snuff box is പൊടിക്കുപ്പി (Ipodikkuppi), a compound of the words for powder and small bottle or container. It names the little tin or phial that snuff takers carried. The word now sounds old-fashioned, like the habit itself.
Most common translation
Snuff-box.
മുത്തച്ഛന്റെ പൊടിക്കുപ്പി ഇപ്പോഴും മേശയിലുണ്ട്
muthachante podikkuppi ippozhum meshayilundu
Grandfather's snuff-box is still on the table.
Dictionary entry
- പൊടിക്കുപ്പി (Ipodikkuppi) — Snuff-box.
Because it is built on the generic word for powder, the compound can also be read as a powder phial, and the snuff reading comes from context.
Common questions
How do you say snuff-box in Malayalam?
പൊടിക്കുപ്പി (Ipodikkuppi), the small container used to carry snuff.
Do people still use the word?
Rarely. It survives in older writing and in talk about the habits of an earlier generation.