Splash in Malayalam
To splash is തെറിക്കുക (therikkuka), used of water or mud flying up and scattering, and also of something jerking back. It is the verb for a bus going through a puddle beside you. Four syllables, with the r lightly tapped.
Most common translation
Jerk, rebound, splash.
വണ്ടി പോയപ്പോൾ ചെളി തെറിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു.
vandi poyappol cheli therikkukayaayirunnu
Mud was splashing as the vehicle went past.
All Malayalam words for “splash”
- തെറിക്കുക (therikkuka) — Jerk, rebound, splash.
- തെറ്റുക (thettuka) — Error, stumble, slip, quarrel, shoot, splash.
- തെറി (theri) — (root) be scattered, shatter and fall around, break away, sputter, splash about.
തെറി (theri) is the bare root behind it, listed as a root rather than a usable verb, and തെറ്റുക (thettuka) means chiefly error or slip, reaching splash only through a stray gloss.
Common questions
How do you say splash in Malayalam?
തെറിക്കുക (therikkuka), the verb for splashing or scattering liquid.
Why is thettuka a poor choice?
തെറ്റുക (thettuka) is first of all a mistake or a stumble, so a listener would hear error rather than splash.