ބުބުޅި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda). Cognate to Sinhalese බුබුළ (bubuḷa)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bu.bu.ɭa/, [bu.bu.ɭä]
  • Hyphenation: ބު‧ބު‧ޅި

Noun[edit]

ބުބުޅި (bubuḷi) (plural ބުބުޅިތައް (bubuḷitak̊))

  1. (Addu) bubble that comes through water

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުބުޅި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 38