Sobbing in Malayalam
Sobbing is വിതുമ്പല് (vithumbal), the noun from the verb for sobbing, used for the state of being about to cry as much as for the crying itself. Malayalam fiction uses it for a grief held just under the surface. Four syllables, stress on the first.
Most common translation
Going to cry, sobbing, boiling over.
കുട്ടിയുടെ വിതുമ്പൽ കണ്ട് അമ്മ ഓടിയെത്തി.
kuttiyude vithumbal kandu amma odiyethi.
Seeing the child's sobbing, mother came running.
All Malayalam words for “sobbing”
- വിതുമ്പല് (vithumbal) — Going to cry, sobbing, boiling over.
- വിതുമ്പ് (vithumbu) — Cry, sobbing, longing, desire, shock.
വിതുമ്പ് (vithumbu) is the shorter noun from the same root and widens out to longing, desire and shock, so it is less precise about tears.
Common questions
How do you say sobbing in Malayalam?
വിതുമ്പല് (vithumbal), the sobbing or the welling up before tears.
Can it describe someone on the verge of crying?
Yes, that is one of its main uses: the entry itself glosses it as going to cry.