ކެއްސަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कासते (kāsate). Cognate to Sinhalese කහිනවා (kahinawā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keʔ.s̺a.n̪iː/, [kes̺.s̺ä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ކެއް‧ސަ‧ނީ

Pronunciation

ކެއްސަނީ • (kessanī) 

1. to cough, hack

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކެސްސަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 143