തവള
Malayalam
Alternative forms
- തമള (tamaḷa)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognate with Tamil தவளை (tavaḷai), Tulu ತವಳೆಚ್ಚಿ (tavaḷecci).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ɐʋɐɭɐ/
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Noun
തവള • (tavaḷa)
- frog; Any of the tail-less amphibians belonging to the order Anura.
- Synonyms: മാക്കാൻ (mākkāṉ), മാക്രി (mākri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | തവള (tavaḷa) | തവളകൾ (tavaḷakaḷ) |
| vocative | തവളേ (tavaḷē) | തവളകളേ (tavaḷakaḷē) |
| accusative | തവളയെ (tavaḷaye) | തവളകളെ (tavaḷakaḷe) |
| dative | തവളയ്ക്ക് (tavaḷaykkŭ) | തവളകൾക്ക് (tavaḷakaḷkkŭ) |
| genitive | തവളയുടെ (tavaḷayuṭe) | തവളകളുടെ (tavaḷakaḷuṭe) |
| locative | മഞ്ചാടിയിൽ (mañcāṭiyil) | തവളകളിൽ (tavaḷakaḷil) |
| sociative | തവളയോട് (tavaḷayōṭŭ) | തവളകളോട് (tavaḷakaḷōṭŭ) |
| instrumental | തവളയാൽ (tavaḷayāl) | തവളകളാൽ (tavaḷakaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- ചൊറിത്തവള (coṟittavaḷa)
- തവളക്കണ്ണൻ (tavaḷakkaṇṇaṉ)
- തവളച്ചാട്ടം (tavaḷaccāṭṭaṁ)
- തവളപ്പിടുത്തം (tavaḷappiṭuttaṁ)
- പച്ചത്തവള (paccattavaḷa)
- മരത്തവള (marattavaḷa)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “തവള”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “തവള”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tavaḷai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/55057/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B3