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Sinhalese
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Etymology
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Adjective
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මෙල්ල
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Malagasy
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Sinhalese
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edit
]
Etymology
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edit
]
Borrowed
from
Tamil
[Term?]
.
Pronunciation
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edit
]
IPA
(
key
)
:
[melːə]
Adjective
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]
මෙල්ල
•
(
mella
)
gentle
,
obedient
,
submissive
References
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]
Carter, Charles Henry
(
1924
) “
මෙල්ල
”, in
A Sinhalese-English dictionary
,
Colombo
: Ceylon Observer Printing Works,
→OCLC
.
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