Soaked in Malayalam
Soaked is നനഞ്ഞ (nananja), the past participle used for anything wet through, from clothes on a line caught by rain to hair after a bath. In the Kerala monsoon it gets a lot of work. Three syllables, with a nasal centre.
Most common translation
Wet, soaked with water; damp, as of clothes or hair after rain.
നനഞ്ഞ തുണി ഉണക്കാൻ ഇട്ടു.
nananja thuni unakkaan ittu.
I hung the wet clothes to dry.
All Malayalam words for “soaked”
- നനഞ്ഞ (nananja) — Wet, soaked with water; damp, as of clothes or hair after rain.
- പീത (peetha) — Yellow coloured, drunk, soaked in water.
- മുളയിടുക (mulayiduka) — Hang up soaked seeds for germination.
പീത (peetha) means soaked in water only as a secondary sense and is mainly the colour yellow, while മുളയിടുക (mulayiduka) is a farming verb about hanging up soaked seed to sprout.
Common questions
How do you say soaked in Malayalam?
നനഞ്ഞ (nananja), wet or soaked through.
Which word is used for soaking rice or lentils?
Cooks use a verb phrase built on the word for water; നനഞ്ഞ (nananja) describes the result rather than the kitchen step.