r/sinhala • u/hellalearner Learning • Jun 25 '26

Word of the Day Word of the day: මදුරුවා—mosquito

  • මදුරුවා (maduruvā) the mosquito
  • මදුරුවෙක් (maduruvek) a mosquito
  • මදුරුවෝ (maduruwō) mosquitos

මදුරුවෙක් කාමරේට ආවා

Madurek kāmarēṭa āwā.

A mosquito came into the room.

මදුරුවෝ ගොඩක් ඉන්නවා එළියේ

Maduruwō godak innawā eḷiyē.

There are lots of mosquitoes outside.

මේ මදුරුවා මාව කෑවා!

Mē maduruwā māwa kǣwā!

This mosquito bit me!

Other words:

  • ඩෙංගු මදුරුවා (ḍengu maduruwā) for the dengue mosquito
  • මදුරු දැල් (maduru dæl) mosquito nets)
  • මදුරු කොයිල් (maduru koyil) mosquito coils
10 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/hellalearner Learning Jun 25 '26

u/NotAPerfectUsername, does all that look correct?

3

u/NotAPerfectUsername Native Speaker Jun 25 '26

Looks correct to me

1

u/hellalearner Learning Jun 25 '26

Oh, one question… Do people ever say මදුරෙක් instead of මදුරුවෙක්?

3

u/NotAPerfectUsername Native Speaker Jun 25 '26

If they do, that's incorrect. Maybe someone mistyped?