Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Cognate to Sinhalese නිඹුල්ලු (niᵐbullu)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /n̪i.buː/, [n̪i.buː]
  • Hyphenation: ނި‧ބޫ

Noun

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ނިބޫ (nibū) (plural ނިބޫތައް (nibūtak̊))

  1. twin

References

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