പേൻ
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A louse
Malayalam
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *pēn. Cognate with Kannada ಹೇನು (hēnu), Kui (India) ପେନୁ (pēnu), Kumarbhag Paharia पेनु (pēnu), Kurukh पेन् (pēn), Kuvi ପେନୁ (pēnu), Kodava ಪೇನ್ (pēnŭ), Kolami పేన్ (pēn), Tamil பேன் (pēṉ), Tulu ಪೇನ್ (pēnŭ) and Telugu పేను (pēnu).
Pronunciation
Noun
പേൻ • (pēṉ)
- louse; Any of the small wingless blood-suckimg insects in the clade Phthiraptera which lives on mammalian or avian skin.
Declension
| Declension of പേൻ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | പേൻ (pēṉ) | പേനുകൾ (pēnukaḷ) |
| Vocative | പേനേ (pēnē) | പേനുകളേ (pēnukaḷē) |
| Accusative | പേനിനെ (pēnine) | പേനുകളെ (pēnukaḷe) |
| Dative | പേനിന് (pēninŭ) | പേനുകൾക്ക് (pēnukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | പേനിന്റെ (pēninṟe) | പേനുകളുടെ (pēnukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | പേനിൽ (pēnil) | പേനുകളിൽ (pēnukaḷil) |
| Sociative | പേനിനോട് (pēninōṭŭ) | പേനുകളോട് (pēnukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | പേനിനാൽ (pēnināl) | പേനുകളാൽ (pēnukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “pēn”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “പേൻ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pēn”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/86996/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BB