എരുമ
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An egret atop a buffalo
Malayalam
Alternative forms
- എരിമ (erima)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *erum-. Cognate with Kannada ಎಮ್ಮೆ (emme), Kodava ಎಮ್ಮೆ (emme), Gondi హెర్మి (hermi), Tamil எருமை (erumai), Telugu ఎనుము (enumu) and Tulu ಎರ್ಮೆ (erme).
Pronunciation
Noun
എരുമ • (eruma)
- female water buffalo
- female buffalo
Declension
| Declension of എരുമ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | എരുമ (eruma) | എരുമകൾ (erumakaḷ) |
| Vocative | എരുമേ (erumē) | എരുമകളേ (erumakaḷē) |
| Accusative | എരുമയെ (erumaye) | എരുമകളെ (erumakaḷe) |
| Dative | എരുമയ്ക്ക് (erumaykkŭ) | എരുമകൾക്ക് (erumakaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | എരുമയുടെ (erumayuṭe) | എരുമകളുടെ (erumakaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | എരുമയിൽ (erumayil) | എരുമകളിൽ (erumakaḷil) |
| Sociative | എരുമയോട് (erumayōṭŭ) | എരുമകളോട് (erumakaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | എരുമയാൽ (erumayāl) | എരുമകളാൽ (erumakaḷāl) |
Coordinate terms
- (gender): പോത്ത് (pōttŭ)
Derived terms
- എരുമക്കള്ളി (erumakkaḷḷi)
- എരുമക്കിഴങ്ങ് (erumakkiḻaṅṅŭ)
- എരുമപ്പാൽ (erumappāl)
- എരുമപ്പുല്ല് (erumappullŭ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “എരിമ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “എരുമ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “erumai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/40210/