Upon in Malayalam
മേൽ (mel) means upon or on top of, and like other Malayalam place words it follows the noun instead of preceding it. On the table comes out as the table plus this word, usually written joined to it. The vowel is long and the l is the light one, not the retroflex.
Upon, on, on top of; in Malayalam it comes after the noun, as mesha mel, upon the table; upper; the one above, higher in position. It is normally joined to the noun that follows.
പുസ്തകം മേശമേൽ വെച്ചു.
pusthakam meshamel vechu.
I put the book upon the table.
All Malayalam words for “upon”
- മേൽ (mel) — Upon, on, on top of; in Malayalam it comes after the noun, as mesha mel, upon the table; upper; the one above, higher in position. It is normally joined to the noun that follows.
- ഉപജീവിക്കുക (upajeevikkuka) — Depend, live, subsist, base upon.
- ഒരുകാലത്ത് (orukaalath) — Long ago, once, once upon a time, at one time.
- കണ്ടുപിടിച്ചു (kandupidichu) — Discovered; the past of kandupidikkuka, to find out, to come upon something not known before.
ഉപജീവിക്കുക (upajeevikkuka) is the verb to subsist upon, and ഒരുകാലത്ത് (orukaalath) is the once upon a time of stories, so they match English phrases rather than the preposition.
Common questions
How do you say upon in Malayalam?
Upon is മേൽ (mel), placed after the noun.
How do you say once upon a time?
ഒരുകാലത്ത് (orukaalath), the standard way a Malayalam story begins.