Stile in Malayalam
കടമ്പ (kadamba) is a stile, the small wicket door set into a field fence. Say ka-dam-ba. The dictionary also records it as an obstruction, which is the sense most speakers know, since the thing itself has largely gone out of use.
Most common translation
Stile, wicket -door in a fence, obstruction, obstacle.
വേലിയിലെ കടമ്പ ചാടി കുട്ടികള് പറമ്പില് കയറി.
veliyile kadamba chaadi kuttikal parambil kayari.
The children jumped over the stile in the fence and entered the yard.
Dictionary entry
- കടമ്പ (kadamba) — Stile, wicket -door in a fence, obstruction, obstacle.
For a modern gate a different word is used; കടമ്പ (kadamba) belongs to field fences and to the obstacle sense that grew out of them.
Common questions
How do you say stile in Malayalam?
A stile is കടമ്പ (kadamba).
Is kadamba still in everyday use?
Mostly in the figurative sense of a hurdle. The fence fitting it originally named is rare now, so listeners hear the metaphor first.