Etymology
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Cognate to Sinhalese හුලහ (hulaha, “point, extremity, edge”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /hu.ɭas̺/, [hu.ɭäs̺]
- Hyphenation: ހު‧ޅަސް
ހުޅަސް • (huḷas) (plural ހުޅަސްތައް (huḷastak̊))
- (Addu) edge, side
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުޅަސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122