Verb in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “verb”

• ആഖ്യാതം (aakhyaatham) — (gram.) predicate, verb, what is said or told or made known.
• അകര്‍മ്മകക്രിയ (akarmmakakriya) — Intransitive verb.
• അടയ്ക്കുക (adaykkuka) — To pay, to settle a bill or a fee, to hand over money; paid, gave the money due, settled a bill or fee; listed here as the verb to pay; shut; to close a door, window or lid, to close a shop for the day.
• അനുപ്രയോഗം (anuprayogam) — Additional use, repetition, an auxiliary verb or a suffixed verb to modify the meaning.
• ആം (aam) — Shall; Malayalam has no separate word for shall, the sense is carried by the verb ending -aam for offers and suggestions (namukku pokaam, shall we go) and by the future ending -um.
• ആണ് (aanu) — Are, is, am; the present form of the verb to be; the same form for every person and number.
• ആയിരിക്കാം (aayirikkaam) — May, might be, possibly is; permission and possibility are also shown by the ending aam on the verb, as in pokaam, may go.
• ആയിരിക്കും (aayirikkum) — Would, would be; shown in Malayalam with aayirikkum, it would be, or with the future ending um on the verb.
• ആയിരുന്നു (aayirunnu) — Was, used to be; the past form of the verb to be, the same for every person; were; Malayalam uses aayirunnu for both was and were.
• ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ (illenkil) — Unless, if not; Malayalam attaches -illenkil or -enkil to a negative verb, as in padichillenkil, unless you study.
• ഉം ഇല്ല (um illa) — Nor; Malayalam has no single word for it and adds um to each item with a negative verb, as in chaayayum illa kaappiyum illa.
• ഊട്ടി (ootti) — Fed, gave food to someone (past form of the verb oottuka, to feed).
• എന്തും (enthum) — Whatever, anything at all; used before a verb, as in take whatever you want.
• ഓ എന്ന് (o ennu) — Whether, if; Malayalam has no separate word for this, the question particle -o is added to the verb and followed by ennu.
• കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന (karuthappedunna) — Supposed; presumed, believed to be so; the English sense of supposed to is usually shown in Malayalam by the verb ending -anam, as in pokanam, meaning supposed to go.
• കഴിയില്ല (kazhiyilla) — Cannot, is not able to (used after the verb in Malayalam, as in varaan kazhiyilla, cannot come).
• കിടക്കുക (kidakkuka) — Lay; the past form of lie, to have rested flat or reclined; in Malayalam the same verb covers lying down.
• ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam) — Gotta, have got to, must; Malayalam adds the ending -nam to the verb, as in cheyyanam, gotta do it.
• ചെയ്യാൻ പോകുന്നു (cheyyaan pokunnu) — Gonna, going to, about to do something; in Malayalam the pattern -aan pokunnu is added to the verb, as in cheyyaan pokunnu, going to do.
• ചെയ്യുന്നു (cheyyunnu) — Does, is doing (present form of the verb cheyyuka, to do; Malayalam uses one form for all persons).
• ചേർക്കുക (cherkkuka) — Added, put in, joined on to something else; listed here as the verb to add; adding; putting one thing together with another, including something more, adding numbers.
• ജോലി ചെയ്യുക (joli cheyyuka) — Worked, did work, was employed; listed here as the verb to work.
• ഡോൺ (don) — Don, a title placed before a name and, in films, the head of a criminal gang; the English verb to don means to put on clothing, dharikkuka.
• നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) — Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
• നോക്കുക (nokkuka) — Looked, turned the eyes towards, gazed; listed here as the verb to look.
• പണിത (panitha) — Built, constructed, put up (past form of the verb paniyuka, to build).
• രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla) — Neither; not one and not the other of two; Malayalam says randum alla or adds um to each item with a negative verb.
• വിളിക്കുക (vilikkuka) — Calls, to call out to somebody, to telephone, to summon, to name; listed here as the verb to call.
• വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
• ശേഷം (sesham) — After, following, once something is over (used as a postposition after the noun or verb).
• ശ്രമിക്കുക (shramikkuka) — To try, to attempt, to make an effort; tried, attempted, made an effort; listed here as the verb to try.
• സമയത്ത് (samayathu) — During, at the time of, in the course of (used after the noun, as in pareeksha samayathu); while, during the time that; Malayalam also uses the verb ending umpol, as in kazhikkumpol, while eating.

The everyday term for a verb is the shorter word sitting at the end of അകര്‍മ്മകക്രിയ (akarmmakakriya), an intransitive verb, while ആഖ്യാതം (aakhyaatham) belongs to formal analysis and അനുപ്രയോഗം (anuprayogam) is an auxiliary or suffixed verb.