തുമ്പി
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ದುಂಬಿ (dumbi, “bee”), Kumarbhag Paharia तुम्बॆ (tumbe, “wasp”), Kurukh तुम्बा (tumbā, “wasp”), Tamil தும்பி (tumpi, “dragonfly”), Tulu ತುಂಬಿ (tumbi, “bee”) and Telugu తుమ్మెద (tummeda, “carpenter bee”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪umbi/
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Noun
തുമ്പി • (tumpi)
A dragonfly
- Any member of the insect order Odonata -dragonflies & damselflies.
- (obsolete) beetle
Declension
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| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | തുമ്പികൾ (tumpikaḷ) |
| Vocative | തുമ്പീ (tumpī) | തുമ്പികളേ (tumpikaḷē) |
| Accusative | തുമ്പിയെ (tumpiye) | തുമ്പികളെ (tumpikaḷe) |
| Dative | തുമ്പിക്ക് (tumpikkŭ) | തുമ്പികൾക്ക് (tumpikaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | തുമ്പിയുടെ (tumpiyuṭe) | തുമ്പികളുടെ (tumpikaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | തുമ്പിയിൽ (tumpiyil) | തുമ്പികളിൽ (tumpikaḷil) |
| Sociative | തുമ്പിയോട് (tumpiyōṭŭ) | തുമ്പികളോട് (tumpikaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | തുമ്പിയാൽ (tumpiyāl) | തുമ്പികളാൽ (tumpikaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- ഓണത്തുമ്പി (ōṇattumpi)
- കല്ലൻതുമ്പി (kallaṉtumpi)
- തുമ്പിതുള്ളൽ (tumpituḷḷal)
- സൂചിത്തുമ്പി (sūcittumpi)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “തുന്പി”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “തുമ്പി”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “tumpi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/56072/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF
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