വണ്ട്
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A beetle
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಬಂಡು (baṇḍu, “nectar”) and Tamil வண்டு (vaṇṭu, “beetle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
വണ്ട് • (vaṇṭŭ)
- beetle; Any member of the insect order Coleoptera, characterised by the presence of hardened forewings that serve as wing-cases (elytra) to protect a pair of delicate hindwings.
Declension
| Declension of വണ്ട് | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | വണ്ട് (vaṇṭŭ) | വണ്ടുകൾ (vaṇṭukaḷ) |
| Vocative | വണ്ടേ (vaṇṭē) | വണ്ടുകളേ (vaṇṭukaḷē) |
| Accusative | വണ്ടിനെ (vaṇṭine) | വണ്ടുകളെ (vaṇṭukaḷe) |
| Dative | വണ്ടിന് (vaṇṭinŭ) | വണ്ടുകൾക്ക് (vaṇṭukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | വണ്ടിന്റെ (vaṇṭinṟe) | വണ്ടുകളുടെ (vaṇṭukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | വണ്ടിൽ (vaṇṭil) | വണ്ടുകളിൽ (vaṇṭukaḷil) |
| Sociative | വണ്ടിനോട് (vaṇṭinōṭŭ) | വണ്ടുകളോട് (vaṇṭukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | വണ്ടിനാൽ (vaṇṭināl) | വണ്ടുകളാൽ (vaṇṭukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- കരിവണ്ട് (karivaṇṭŭ)
- കാർവണ്ട് (kāṟvaṇṭŭ)
- മുപ്ലിവണ്ട് (muplivaṇṭŭ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “വണ്ടു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “വണ്ട്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vaṇṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/73528/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D