Stem in Malayalam
സ്തംഭം (sthambham) is a stem in the sense of a stout stalk or trunk, the same word as pillar or post. Say stham-bham, aspirating both syllables. It suits the thick stem of a plantain or a bamboo rather than a thin flower stalk.
Most common translation
Pillar, stake, stem.
വീടിന്റെ മുൻവശത്ത് ഒരു സ്തംഭം ഉണ്ട്.
veedinte munvashatthu oru sthambham undu.
There is a pillar in front of the house.
All Malayalam words for “stem”
- സ്തംഭം (sthambham) — Pillar, stake, stem.
- നാളം (naalam) — Pipe, tube, sluice, stem (hollow).
- പ്രവാളം (pravalam) — Coral, stem of a guitar or 'veena', sprout, shoot, bud.
- മുട്ടി (mutti) — Knob, knot or node on a stem, fist, handle of a weapon, hammer.
നാളം (naalam) is a hollow stem, pipe or tube, and പ്രവാളം (pravalam) is coral, used also of the neck of a stringed instrument. The ordinary word for a plant's stalk is not among these entries.
Common questions
How do you say stem in Malayalam?
A stem in the sense of a stout stalk is സ്തംഭം (sthambham).
Which word fits a hollow stem?
നാളം (naalam), which names anything tube shaped, a pipe or a sluice included.