Sowing in Malayalam
Sowing is പാക്ക് (pakku), the act of putting seed in the ground; the same short word also names the sown seed itself and, confusingly for learners, the areca nut. Context does all the work. One clipped syllable plus a doubled k.
Most common translation
Sowing, paving, sown seed, arecanut.
മുത്തശ്ശി വെറ്റിലയ്ക്കൊപ്പം പാക്ക് ചവയ്ക്കും.
muthashi vettilaykkoppam pakku chavaykkum.
Grandmother chews arecanut along with betel leaf.
All Malayalam words for “sowing”
- പാക്ക് (pakku) — Sowing, paving, sown seed, arecanut.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
പൊഴി (pozhi) is the furrow cut in a ploughed field to receive the seed, and also a sandbank at a river mouth, so it names a thing rather than the activity.
Common questions
How do you say sowing in Malayalam?
പാക്ക് (pakku) covers sowing and the seed that is sown.
What is the furrow for sowing called?
പൊഴി (pozhi), the groove opened in ploughed ground for the seed.