Dhivehi

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit *आवुनाति (āvunāti). Cognate to Sinhalese අමුණනවා (amuṇanawā)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.mu.n̪a.n̪iː/, [ä.mu.n̪ä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: އަ‧މު‧ނަ‧ނީ

Verb

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އަމުނަނީ (amunanī) 

  1. to string
  2. to thread

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަމުނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 13