What would the corresponding mallu words be? I think they will be:
തിരി = yaw (cf. ഇടംവലംതിരിയുക), turn
മറി = pitch (cf. കീഴ്മേല്മറിയുക ), overturn
ചെരി = roll (from the general meaning of the verb), tilt
തിരി also means
- wick - and of course, a wick is created by "turning" (or rolling) a piece of cotton
- a lamp, by extension. as in മെഴുകുതിരി
- to divide - as in തരംതിരിക്കുക
- to understand, to discriminate (as in a rational process) - from the previous meaning, as in വകതിരിവു്
- to "elephant-die" i.e. to die, used only in the case of elephant. Figurative, of course.
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