തവള
Malayalam
editAlternative forms
edit- തമള (tamaḷa)
Etymology
edit(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
editNoun
editതവള • (tavaḷa)
- frog; Any of the tail-less amphibians belonging to the order Anura.
Declension
editDeclension of തവള | ||
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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
edit- ചൊറിത്തവള (coṟittavaḷa)
- തവളക്കണ്ണൻ (tavaḷakkaṇṇaṉ)
- തവളച്ചാട്ടം (tavaḷaccāṭṭaṁ)
- തവളപ്പിടുത്തം (tavaḷappiṭuttaṁ)
- പച്ചത്തവള (paccattavaḷa)
- മരത്തവള (marattavaḷa)
References
edit- 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