Tube in Malayalam
A tube is നാളം (naalam), naa-lam, the word for a hollow pipe or stem. It stretches from a bamboo stalk to a sluice and to the tubes in anatomy. Technical Malayalam and old agricultural talk both use it.
Most common translation
Pipe, tube, sluice, stem (hollow).
വെള്ളം ഒരു നാളം വഴി ഒഴുകി.
vellam oru naalam vazhi ozhuki.
The water flowed through a pipe.
All Malayalam words for “tube”
- നാളം (naalam) — Pipe, tube, sluice, stem (hollow).
- സുഷിരം (sushiram) — Hole, tube, bore, pore.
- ധമനി (dhamani) — Blood vessel carrying pure blood, artery, a tube.
സുഷിരം (sushiram) is a hole or bore rather than the tube itself, and ധമനി (dhamani) is a blood vessel, an artery, a tube only in the medical sense.
Common questions
How do you say tube in Malayalam?
Tube is നാളം (naalam).
Which word do I use for a tube of toothpaste?
Kerala speech keeps the English tube for that; നാളം (naalam) is a pipe or hollow stem.