Tie in Malayalam
കെട്ടുക (kettuka) is to tie, and it stretches a long way: tying a knot, getting something built and, in the old idiom, getting married. It carries the standard infinitive ending of Malayalam verbs. For tying a person or animal up, the compound പിടിച്ചുകെട്ടുക (pidichukettuka) is used.
Most common translation
Tie, marry, get built, remit (money).
അവൻ പശുവിനെ മരത്തിൽ കെട്ടി.
avan pashuvine marathil ketti.
He tied the cow to the tree.
All Malayalam words for “tie”
- കെട്ടുക (kettuka) — Tie, marry, get built, remit (money).
- ബന്ധിക്കുക (bandhikkuka) — Bind, tie, imprison, fasten, chain.
- പിടിച്ചുകെട്ടുക (pidichukettuka) — Tie up, fasten, shackle.
- ബന്ധം (bandham) — Connection, a link or tie between people or things; also a service connection for electricity, water or internet; relation, the connection between people or things; also a relative, a member of the family.
ബന്ധിക്കുക (bandhikkuka) is the formal verb for binding or imprisoning, and ബന്ധം (bandham) is the noun tie in the sense of a connection, not the action.
Common questions
How do you say tie in Malayalam?
The verb is കെട്ടുക (kettuka); for a tie meaning a bond or link, use ബന്ധം (bandham).
Why does കെട്ടുക (kettuka) also mean to marry?
A wedding is spoken of as a tying, from the tying of the thread, so the same verb carries both senses.