തവള
Malayalam
    
    Alternative forms
    
- തമള (tamaḷa)
 
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /t̪ɐʋɐɭɐ/
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Noun
    
തവള • (tavaḷa)

A frog
- frog; Any of the tail-less amphibians belonging to the order Anura.
- Synonyms: മാക്കാൻ (mākkāṉ), മാക്രി (mākri)
 
 
Declension
    
| Declension of തവള | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | തവള (tavaḷa) | തവളകൾ (tavaḷakaḷ) | 
| Vocative | തവളേ (tavaḷē) | തവളകളേ (tavaḷakaḷē) | 
| Accusative | തവളയെ (tavaḷaye) | തവളകളെ (tavaḷakaḷe) | 
| Dative | തവളയ്ക്ക് (tavaḷaykkŭ) | തവളകൾക്ക് (tavaḷakaḷkkŭ) | 
| Genitive | തവളയുടെ (tavaḷayuṭe) | തവളകളുടെ (tavaḷakaḷuṭe) | 
| Locative | മഞ്ചാടിയിൽ (mañcāṭiyil) | തവളകളിൽ (tavaḷakaḷil) | 
| Sociative | തവളയോട് (tavaḷayōṭŭ) | തവളകളോട് (tavaḷakaḷōṭŭ) | 
| Instrumental | തവളയാൽ (tavaḷayāl) | തവളകളാൽ (tavaḷakaḷāl) | 
Derived terms
    
- ചൊറിത്തവള (coṟittavaḷa)
 - തവളക്കണ്ണൻ (tavaḷakkaṇṇaṉ)
 - തവളച്ചാട്ടം (tavaḷaccāṭṭaṁ)
 - തവളപ്പിടുത്തം (tavaḷappiṭuttaṁ)
 - പച്ചത്തവള (paccattavaḷa)
 - മരത്തവള (marattavaḷa)
 
References
    
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “തവള”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
 - Warrier, M. I. (2008) “തവള”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
 - Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tavaḷai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
 - https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/55057/
 - https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B3
 
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