Tell in Malayalam
പറയുക (parayuka) is the verb to say or tell, the workhorse of Malayalam conversation. The short command form is പറ (para), what you say when you want somebody to go ahead and speak.
Most common translation
Say, speak, tell.
അവൻ കുട്ടികൾക്ക് കഥ പറയുന്നു.
avan kuttikalkku katha parayunnu.
He is telling the children a story.
All Malayalam words for “tell”
- പറയുക (parayuka) — Say, speak, tell.
- ഉരിയാടുക (uriyaaduka) — Speak, tell, utter.
- പറ (para) — Say, speak, tell.
- പറയുന്നു (parayunnu) — Says, tells, states; the present form of parayuka, to say; tells; the present form of parayuka, to say, to tell, to narrate.
- ഇല്ല (illa) — Dont; a spelling of do not; illa makes a statement negative, while aruthu and venda tell someone not to do something.
- നുണപറയുക (nunaparayuka) — Tell lies with ulterior motives, calumniate, fib.
- പുളുവടിക്കുക (puluvadikkuka) — Tell lies, talk exaggeratingly, utter white lies or falsehood.
- സത്യമായും (sathyamaayum) — Honestly; truthfully, sincerely, really; speakers also say sathyam paranjaal, to tell the truth.
ഉരിയാടുക (uriyaaduka) is a bookish word for speaking together, and നുണപറയുക (nunaparayuka) and പുളുവടിക്കുക (puluvadikkuka) both mean telling lies, the second one lightly, as in spinning a tale.
Common questions
How do you say tell in Malayalam?
പറയുക (parayuka); the present form is പറയുന്നു (parayunnu).
How do you say tell me?
Add the word for me to the imperative പറ (para); on its own പറ (para) already means go on, speak.