നുളമ്പ്
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A gnat ovipositing
Malayalam
Alternative forms
- നുഴമ്പ് (nuḻampŭ)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nuẓVḷ. Cognate with Kannada ನೊಣ (noṇa, “fly”), Kumarbhag Paharia नुतॊ (“gnat”), Tamil நுளம்பு (nuḷampu, “a type of cicada”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
നുളമ്പ് • (nuḷampŭ)
- gnat; Any of the tiny flying dipterid insects in the suborder Nematocera.
- mosquito
Declension
| Declension of നുളമ്പ് | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | നുളമ്പ് (nuḷampŭ) | നുളമ്പുകൾ (nuḷampukaḷ) |
| Vocative | നുളമ്പേ (nuḷampē) | നുളമ്പുകളേ (nuḷampukaḷē) |
| Accusative | നുളമ്പിനെ (nuḷampine) | നുളമ്പുകളെ (nuḷampukaḷe) |
| Dative | നുളമ്പിന് (nuḷampinŭ) | നുളമ്പുകൾക്ക് (nuḷampukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | നുളമ്പിന്റെ (nuḷampinṟe) | നുളമ്പുകളുടെ (nuḷampukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | നുളമ്പിൽ (nuḷampil) | നുളമ്പുകളിൽ (nuḷampukaḷil) |
| Sociative | നുളമ്പിനോട് (nuḷampinōṭŭ) | നുളമ്പുകളോട് (nuḷampukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | നുളമ്പിനാൽ (nuḷampināl) | നുളമ്പുകളാൽ (nuḷampukaḷāl) |
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “നുഴന്പു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “nuḷampu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D