Saturday, February 22, 2020

The key unto itself

Key is താക്കോൽ in Malayalam. This is a commonly used word.

It comes from താഴ് (lock) + കോൽ (stick). Makes sense.

Interestingly, though, ശബ്ദതാരാവലി does not give താഴ് as a word for lock. Could it have been related to താഴുക (to sink, to descend)?

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