Stick in Malayalam
A stick is കമ്പ് (kambu), from a twig broken off a tree to a cane or a measuring rod. Two syllables, kam-bu. It is the household word, the stick you prop something up with or chase a crow off with.
Most common translation
Branch of a tree, stick, cane, measuring rod.
ഒരു കമ്പ് എടുത്ത് അവൻ വരച്ചു.
oru kambu eduthu avan varachu.
He took a stick and drew with it.
All Malayalam words for “stick”
- കമ്പ് (kambu) — Branch of a tree, stick, cane, measuring rod.
- പറ്റിക്കുക (pattikkuka) — Affix, stick, cheat, deceive, send.
- പതിക്കുക (pathikkuka) — Fall, join, decline, be degraded, stamp, enter in the books of account, register, affix, stick sth.
- പിടയ്ക്കുക (pidaykkuka) — Thrash, beat with a stick or fist.
- പെൻസിൽ (pensil) — Pencil, a wooden stick with lead inside used for writing and drawing.
- ലാത്തി (laathi) — Stout stick used by policemen, a sort of baton.
ലാത്തി (laathi) is a policeman's baton, while പറ്റിക്കുക (pattikkuka) and പതിക്കുക (pathikkuka) are the verb to stick something on, a quite different sense of the English word.
Common questions
How do you say stick in Malayalam?
A stick is കമ്പ് (kambu).
How do you say to stick a stamp on?
That is പതിക്കുക (pathikkuka) or പറ്റിക്കുക (pattikkuka), both verbs of fixing one thing to another; neither is related to the noun കമ്പ് (kambu).