Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit (ka, interrogative pronoun). Cognate to Sinhalese (ka)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaː.ku/, [kaː.ku]
  • Hyphenation: ކާ‧ކު

Pronoun

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ކާކު (kāku)

  1. (interrogative) who

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާކު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 131