ކަކޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “a skeleton”). Cognate to Sinhalese කකුල (kakula, “foot, leg”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.kuː/, [kä.kuː]
• Hyphenation: ކަ‧ކޫ

Noun

ކަކޫ • (kakū) (plural ކަކޫތައް (kakūtak̊))

1. knee

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަކޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 135