Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit व्याम (vyāma). Cognate to Sinhalese බඹ (baᵐba)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bə.mə/, [bə.mə]
- Hyphenation: ބަ‧މަ
ބަމަ • (bama)
- fathom
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަމަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 27