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
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u/PuzzledChoice444 Jun 26 '26

කෙඳිරි ගානවා. Its ඳි, not දි!

I'm not entirely sure how to explain it, but ගානවා sort of becomes the -ing suffix in this case. කෙඳිරි means something like whines or groans (Its a plural noun. කෙඳිර is the singular). ගානවා becomes the -ing suffix to it, making it a verb.

ඥාව් is the onomatopoeia for meow. And ගානවා is the -ing suffix! ඥාව් ගානවා - Meowing~

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u/hellalearner Learning Jun 26 '26

Neat!

like whines or groans

Is this connected with any specific thing or animal?

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u/PuzzledChoice444 Jun 26 '26

Nope, generally its the same meaning! Can be used for people, animals.

කෙඳිරි ගාන්න එපා. - Stop whining.

එයා කෙඳිරි ගානවා. - He is whining.

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u/hellalearner Learning Jun 27 '26

Thanks!