മൂങ്ങ
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil மூங்கா (mūṅkā, “owl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːŋŋɐ/
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Noun
മൂങ്ങ • (mūṅṅa)
Various owls; Clockwise, from the top right: an Indian eagle owl, an Indian scops owl, an Eastern barn owl and a Jungle owlet.
- owl; birds of prey of the order Strigiformes with large forward facing eyes and a flat face, and are primarily nocturnal.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | മൂങ്ങ (mūṅṅa) | മൂങ്ങകൾ (mūṅṅakaḷ) |
| vocative | മൂങ്ങേ (mūṅṅē) | മൂങ്ങകളേ (mūṅṅakaḷē) |
| accusative | മൂങ്ങയെ (mūṅṅaye) | മൂങ്ങകളെ (mūṅṅakaḷe) |
| dative | മൂങ്ങയ്ക്ക് (mūṅṅaykkŭ) | മൂങ്ങകൾക്ക് (mūṅṅakaḷkkŭ) |
| genitive | മൂങ്ങയുടെ (mūṅṅayuṭe) | മൂങ്ങകളുടെ (mūṅṅakaḷuṭe) |
| locative | മൂങ്ങയിൽ (mūṅṅayil) | മൂങ്ങകളിൽ (mūṅṅakaḷil) |
| sociative | മൂങ്ങയോട് (mūṅṅayōṭŭ) | മൂങ്ങകളോട് (mūṅṅakaḷōṭŭ) |
| instrumental | മൂങ്ങയാൽ (mūṅṅayāl) | മൂങ്ങകളാൽ (mūṅṅakaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- വെള്ളിമൂങ്ങ (veḷḷimūṅṅa)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “മൂങ്ങ [mūṅṅa]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “മൂങ്ങ [mūṅṅa]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “mūṅkā”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.