Spider in Malayalam
A spider is എട്ടുകാലി (ettukaali), literally the eight-legged one, a nickname that has become the ordinary word for the creature in many parts of Kerala. Children learn it with the rhyme about the web. Four syllables with the long aa near the end.
Most common translation
Spider. An eight-legged creature that spins webs.
ചുമരിൽ ഒരു എട്ടുകാലി ഉണ്ട്.
chumaril oru ettukaali undu.
There is a spider on the wall.
All Malayalam words for “spider”
- എട്ടുകാലി (ettukaali) — Spider. An eight-legged creature that spins webs.
- അഷ്ടപദം (ashta padam) — Spider.
- ചിലന്തിവിഷം (chilanthivisham) — Poison caused by the spider.
- വെബ് (veb) — Web; the World Wide Web, the internet. A spider web is instead called chilanthivala.
അഷ്ടപദം (ashta padam) is the Sanskritic equivalent, also meaning eight-footed, and belongs to formal prose. ചിലന്തിവിഷം (chilanthivisham) is spider poison and വെബ് (veb) is the World Wide Web, not a spider's web.
Common questions
How do you say spider in Malayalam?
എട്ടുകാലി (ettukaali), the eight-legged one.
Is veb the word for a spider web?
No. വെബ് (veb) is the internet; a spider's web is a separate compound built on the other word for spider.