Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಲೋಳ (lōḷa), Tulu ನೋಣೆ (nōṇe), Sanskrit लाला (lālā). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
ഞോള • (ñōḷa)
- saliva
- Synonyms: തുപ്പൽ (tuppal), ഉമിനീര് (uminīrŭ), ഉമി (umi), ഉമിഴ് (umiḻŭ), ഈള (īḷa), ഇളിനീര് (iḷinīrŭ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “ഞോള [ñōḷa]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “ഞോള [ñōḷa]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books