Swallow in Malayalam
അകത്താക്കുക (akaththakkuka) says literally to put inside, and it covers swallowing, consuming and, figuratively, taking over what belongs to somebody else. നൊണ്ണുക (nonnuka) is the precise verb for swallowing without chewing.
Most common translation
Swallow, eat, consume, confine, imprison.
കുട്ടി മിഠായി മുഴുവൻ അകത്താക്കി.
kutti midaayi muzhuvan akatthaakki.
The child swallowed the whole sweet.
All Malayalam words for “swallow”
- അകത്താക്കുക (akaththakkuka) — Swallow, eat, consume, confine, imprison.
- ഇറക്കുക (irakkuka) — Drive out, put down, unload, cultivate the field, gulp down, swallow, cure poisoning of snakebite, publish (look, magazine).
- ഭക്ഷിക്കുക (bhakshikkuka) — Eat; (idm.) rob, swallow.
- കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka) — Drink; to swallow a liquid, to take water or a beverage; drinking; taking water or another liquid into the mouth and swallowing it.
- നൊണ്ണുക (nonnuka) — Swallow without chewing.
- മൂഞ്ചുക (moonchuka) — Suck, swallow by sucking.
- വെട്ടുക (vettuka) — Cut, chop, attack with a sword, axe or chopper; (fig.) swallow gluttonously.
The plain everyday verb for swallowing is not in this list, and neither is the bird called a swallow; ഇറക്കുക (irakkuka) means gulping down among many other things.
Common questions
How do you say swallow in Malayalam?
അകത്താക്കുക (akaththakkuka) for taking something down, നൊണ്ണുക (nonnuka) for swallowing it whole.
Is there a word here for the bird?
No. These entries cover only the action of swallowing.