From Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai). Cognate to Sinhalese පුන (puna)
- IPA(key): /fu.n̪a/, [fu.n̪ä]
- Hyphenation: ފު‧ނަ
ފުނަ • (funa) (plural ފުނަތައް (funatak̊))
- poon tree, Calophyllum inophyllum
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފުނަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 88