PREFACE.
In giving his Malayalim and English Dictionary to the
public, the Author stated in his preface to that work the
desirableness of a counterpart to accompany it, viz. an
English and Malayalim Dictionary, being published and
his having prepared materials to commence the printing
of it. This he was desirous of commencing at as early a
period as possible, but various circumstances occurring he
was for a time induced to abandon the design of publish-
ing it. Not willing however that his labour in this respect
should be wholly lost, he again took up the work and
ventured to put it to the press, and he feels truly thankful
to God that he has graciously spared him to complete the
printing of it. The work is not however executed on so
large a scale as he originally designed. It was his inten-
tion to have given copious examples under most of the
words, but finding that this would increase the work to a
large size, he was under the necessity of confining himself
to giving comparatively few examples.
Many words have been omitted, particularly Adverbs,
but these may easily be formed by the diligent student
from Substantives and Adjectives, by the Malayalim af-
fix ആയി or ഒടെ, as will appear in numerous instances
throughout the work.
The principal meanings given to each English word
by Johnson and Walker have been given in Malayalim, and
in this respect the author has endeavoured to render it as
comprehensive as possible.
