Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit व्याम (vyāma). Cognate to Sinhalese බඹ (baᵐba)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bə.mə/, [bə.mə]
  • Hyphenation: ބަ‧މަ

Noun edit

ބަމަ (bama)

  1. fathom

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަމަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 27