Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sinhalese නු (nu).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ނު (nu-)

  1. A negating prefix used for verbs

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 195