Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit तनु (tanu). Cognate to Sinhalese තුනු (tunu)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /t̪u.n̪i/, [t̪u.n̪i]
- Hyphenation: ތު‧ނި
Adjective[edit]
ތުނި • (tuni)
- thin, fine, slender, tenuous
- sparse, scattered
- flat
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތުނި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 240
