Stickiness in Malayalam
ഒട്ടല് (ottal) is stickiness, the quality of a thing that clings. Say ot-tal, with the t doubled and held. It comes from the verb of sticking fast, and it is used of glue, sap and the surface of overcooked rice.
Most common translation
Stickiness, shrinking, becoming lean, a kind of bamboo.
കൈയിൽ തേനിന്റെ ഒട്ടല് ഉണ്ട്.
kaiyil theninte ottal undu.
There is the stickiness of honey on my hand.
Dictionary entry
- ഒട്ടല് (ottal) — Stickiness, shrinking, becoming lean, a kind of bamboo.
The same entry records unrelated senses of shrinking and of a kind of bamboo, so context has to decide which is meant.
Common questions
How do you say stickiness in Malayalam?
Stickiness is ഒട്ടല് (ottal).
Is there an adjective for sticky?
Malayalam builds one from the same root rather than keeping a separate word, so sticky is normally said as having stickiness.