Uproot in Malayalam
പറിക്കുക (parikkuka) is to pull something out by its root, so to pluck a flower, pull a weed or uproot a seedling. It is a plain daily verb with the ordinary infinitive ending. The doubled consonant is held for a beat.
Most common translation
Pluck, uproot, pull off, plunder.
തോട്ടത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പൂക്കൾ പറിക്കരുത്.
thottathil ninnu pookkal parikkaruthu.
Do not pluck flowers from the garden.
All Malayalam words for “uproot”
- പറിക്കുക (parikkuka) — Pluck, uproot, pull off, plunder.
- പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) — Fell trees by digging around, uproot, rend, produce a cracking sound.
പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) is the heavier job, felling a tree by digging round the roots, while the figurative uprooting of a people or a practice takes the noun of eradication instead.
Common questions
How do you say uproot in Malayalam?
To uproot is പറിക്കുക (parikkuka).
Which verb fits uprooting a tree?
പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka), since it describes digging around a trunk and bringing the whole tree down.