Wild in Malayalam
Wild in the sense of untamed is മെരുങ്ങാത്ത (merungaatha), literally not broken in, from the verb for an animal becoming docile with a negative ending. Say merungaatha with a long aa in the third syllable. It is used of animals that have never been handled and, by extension, of unruly people.
Wild, ferine.
മെരുങ്ങാത്ത കുതിരയെ അടുപ്പിക്കാൻ പ്രയാസമാണ്.
merungaatha kuthiraye aduppikkaan prayaasamaanu.
It is hard to get close to an untamed horse.
All Malayalam words for “wild”
- മെരുങ്ങാത്ത (merungaatha) — Wild, ferine.
- ഏറുമാടം (earumadam) — Hut on stakes on top of trees (to watch wild animals etc.).
- കടുവ (kaduva) — Tiger. The striped wild cat of the forest.
- കുറുക്കൻ (kurukkan) — Fox, the wild animal known in stories for its cunning.
- ചക്ക (chakk) — Jackfruit, wild jackfruit, pineapple; (fig) a mean or despicable action, a trifling thing.
- നെടുവരിയന് (neduvariyan) — A wild animal, tiger.
- പടുമരം (padumaram) — Wild timber tree.
- മാൻ (maan) — Deer. A graceful wild animal with antlers; stag.
- വെളി (veli) — Open expanse of land, waste land, sky, a kind of wild yam.
The rest of the entries are particular wild creatures rather than the adjective: കടുവ (kaduva) is the tiger, മാൻ (maan) the deer and കുറുക്കൻ (kurukkan) the fox.
Common questions
How do you say wild in Malayalam?
Wild, in the sense of untamed, is മെരുങ്ങാത്ത (merungaatha).
How do you say wild animals?
Malayalam normally says forest animals, putting the word for forest in front, rather than using the adjective മെരുങ്ങാത്ത (merungaatha).