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Inherited from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra). Cognate to Sinhalese හුය (huya)
- IPA(key): /u.i/, [u.i]
- Hyphenation: އު‧އި
އުއި • (ui) (plural އުއިތައް (uitak̊))
- cotton
- yard, strand
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 243