ഓടം
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A boat cruising over a reservoir
See also: ഇടം
Malayalam
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *cōṭam (“boat”). Cognate with Omani Arabic هوري (“hōrī”), Kannada ಓಡ (ōḍa), Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī), Tamil ஓடம் (ōṭam), Tigre ሆሪ (hori), Telugu ఓడ (ōḍa), Tulu ಓಡ (ōḍa), Dhivehi އޮޑި (oḍi), Marathi होडी (hoḍī), Sanskrit होड (hoḍa) and Swahili hori. Doublet of ഓടി (ōṭi).
Pronunciation
Noun
ഓടം • (ōṭaṁ)
Declension
| Declension of ഓടം | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ഓടം (ōṭaṁ) | ഓടങ്ങൾ (ōṭaṅṅaḷ) |
| Vocative | ഓടമേ (ōṭamē) | ഓടങ്ങളേ (ōṭaṅṅaḷē) |
| Accusative | ഓടത്തെ (ōṭatte) | ഓടങ്ങളെ (ōṭaṅṅaḷe) |
| Dative | ഓടത്തിന് (ōṭattinŭ) | ഓടങ്ങൾക്ക് (ōṭaṅṅaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | ഓടത്തിന്റെ (ōṭattinṟe) | ഓടങ്ങളുടെ (ōṭaṅṅaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | ഓടത്തിൽ (ōṭattil) | ഓടങ്ങളിൽ (ōṭaṅṅaḷil) |
| Sociative | ഓടത്തിനോട് (ōṭattinōṭŭ) | ഓടങ്ങളോട് (ōṭaṅṅaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | ഓടത്താൽ (ōṭattāl) | ഓടങ്ങളാൽ (ōṭaṅṅaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- പള്ളിയോടം (paḷḷiyōṭaṁ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ഓടം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ഓടം”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ōṭam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/40960/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%82