Tubers in Malayalam
None of these candidates means tubers as such. നടുതല (naduthala) comes closest, the planting stock of a yearly crop, which includes tubers kept back for sowing. The other two are dishes made from tubers rather than the tubers themselves, so the general word for a root crop is missing from this entry.
Plants or seeds for cultivation, tubers, etc. harvested once a year, the crown of the head.
അടുത്ത കൊല്ലത്തേക്കുള്ള നടുതല അമ്മ സൂക്ഷിച്ചു.
adutha kollathekkulla naduthala amma sookshichu.
Mother kept aside the planting stock for next year.
All Malayalam words for “tubers”
- നടുതല (naduthala) — Plants or seeds for cultivation, tubers, etc. harvested once a year, the crown of the head.
- ഉപ്പേരി (upperi) — Chips of banana, tubers, etc. fried in oil.
- പുഴുക്ക് (puzhukku) — Vegetable preparation made by cooking (stewing) banana, tubers, yam, jack fruit, etc.
ഉപ്പേരി (upperi) is chips fried from banana or tuber slices and പുഴുക്ക് (puzhukku) is a stewed vegetable preparation, both foods and not the vegetable in the ground.
Common questions
How do you say tubers in Malayalam?
This entry has no word for tubers themselves; നടുതല (naduthala) is the planting stock of a yearly crop, tubers included.
What is puzhukku made from?
പുഴുക്ക് (puzhukku) is a Kerala dish of banana, yam, jackfruit or tubers stewed together, usually eaten with a coconut chutney.