ചിതൽ
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಗೆದ್ದಲು (geddalu), Kodava ಕೆದೆ (kede), Kolami సెదా (sedā), Tamil சிதல் (cital) and Telugu చెద (ceda). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃid̪ɐl/
Noun
ചിതൽ • (cital)
- termite; Any of the various pale soft-bodied detritivorous eusocial insects in the infraorder Isoptera.
- Coordinate term: ഈയൽ (īyal)
Declension
| Declension of ചിതൽ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ചിതൽ (cital) | ചിതലുകൾ (citalukaḷ) |
| Vocative | ചിതലേ (citalē) | ചിതലുകളേ (citalukaḷē) |
| Accusative | ചിതലിനെ (citaline) | ചിതലുകളെ (citalukaḷe) |
| Dative | ചിതലിന് (citalinŭ) | ചിതലുകൾക്ക് (citalukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | ചിതലിന്റെ (citalinṟe) | ചിതലുകളുടെ (citalukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | ചിതലിൽ (citalil) | ചിതലുകളിൽ (citalukaḷil) |
| Sociative | ചിതലിനോട് (citalinōṭŭ) | ചിതലുകളോട് (citalukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | ചിതലിനാൽ (citalināl) | ചിതലുകളാൽ (citalukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- ചിതലരിക്കുക (citalarikkuka)
- ചിതൽപ്പുറ്റ് (citalppuṟṟŭ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “cital”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ചിതൽ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cital”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/51336/
- Kailash Nath (2019) “ചിതൽ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
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