koḷavi

Phonetic

[koˈɭə.vi]

English: Translation

Wasp

Tamil: Translation

குளவி

Hindi: Translation

हड्डा

Telugu: Translation

కందిరీగ

Definition (deprecated)

A social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects.

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Insects and small creatures

Example Sentence

I closed my eyes and held my breath when the wasp stung me.

Dialect

Paliyan. ISO 639-3. pcf.