പുഴുക്
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಪುನುಗು (punugu, “civet”), Tamil புனுகு (puṉuku, “civet”) and Telugu పునుగు (punugu, “civet”). Doublet of പുനുക് (punukŭ) with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puɻuɡɨ/
Noun
പുഴുക് • (puḻukŭ)
- civet, musk-like glandular secretion of various viverrids, used in perfumery.
- The animal from which it is extracted
- Synonym: വെരുക് (verukŭ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | പുഴുക് (puḻukŭ) | പുഴുകുകൾ (puḻukukaḷ) |
| vocative | പുഴുകേ (puḻukē) | പുഴുകുകളേ (puḻukukaḷē) |
| accusative | പുഴുകിനെ (puḻukine) | പുഴുകുകളെ (puḻukukaḷe) |
| dative | പുഴുകിന് (puḻukinŭ) | പുഴുകുകൾക്ക് (puḻukukaḷkkŭ) |
| genitive | പുഴുകിന്റെ (puḻukinṟe) | പുഴുകുകളുടെ (puḻukukaḷuṭe) |
| locative | പുഴുകിൽ (puḻukil) | പുഴുകുകളിൽ (puḻukukaḷil) |
| sociative | പുഴുകിനോട് (puḻukinōṭŭ) | പുഴുകുകളോട് (puḻukukaḷōṭŭ) |
| instrumental | പുഴുകിനാൽ (puḻukināl) | പുഴുകുകളാൽ (puḻukukaḷāl) |
References
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “pur̤uku, puṉuku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “പുഴുകു [puḻuku]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “പുനുക് [punukŭ]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Kailash Nath (2019), “പുഴുക്”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
- https://dict.sayahna.org/#/stv/86281