ކުނބު

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कूपक (kūpaka). Cognate to Sinhalese කුඹ (kuᵐba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ᵐbu/, [ku.ᵐbu]
• Hyphenation: ކު‧ނބު

Noun

ކުނބު • (kuᵐbu) (plural ކުނބުތައް (kuᵐbutak̊))

1. mast (of a boat, ship)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުނބު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 148