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Cognate with Sinhalese කඩ (kaḍa)
ކާ • (kā) (plural ކާތައް (kātak̊))
- (archaic) cloud, haze, mist
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 130