ഉമി

• IPA^(key): /umi/

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Cognate with Tamil உமி (umi), Kannada ಉಮ್ಮಿ (ummi). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ഉമി • (umi)

1. chaff, the dry scale-like husks of grains separated by winnowing or threshing

• ഉമിക്കരി (umikkari, “rice husk charcoal/tooth powder”)
• ഉമിത്തീ (umittī, “husk fire; slow-burning fire”)

• ഉമിത്തീ പോലെ (umi-ttī pōle): Like a husk fire; refers to a slow-burning, deep-seated anger or sorrow that lasts a long time without visible flames.

From ഉമിയുക (umiyuka). Related to ഉമിഴ് (umiḻŭ).

ഉമി • (umi)

1. saliva

   Synonym: ഉമിഴ് (umiḻŭ)

• Warrier, M. I. (2008), “ഉമി [umi]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Kailash Nath (2019), “ഉമി”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
• Gundert, Hermann (1872), “ഉമി [umi]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.