Unnoticed in Malayalam
കാണാതെ (kanathe) is the negative participle of the verb to see, so it means without being seen and so unnoticed. It also carries doing something behind someone's back, which is the sense of stealthily. The final vowel is short and unstressed.
Most common translation
Unnoticed, secretly, stealthily.
കുട്ടി അമ്മ കാണാതെ മിഠായി എടുത്തു.
kutti amma kanathe midhaayi eduthu
The child took a sweet without mother seeing.
Dictionary entry
- കാണാതെ (kanathe) — Unnoticed, secretly, stealthily.
Since the form literally says without seeing, the same word can mean unseen by someone or out of sight, and the sentence has to make clear whose eyes are meant.
Common questions
How do you say unnoticed in Malayalam?
Unnoticed is കാണാതെ (kanathe).
Does kanathe mean secretly?
It can. Doing something unseen shades into doing it secretly, and Malayalam uses this one word for both.