තුවක්කුව

Sinhalese

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tufak), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تفك (tüfek). Cognate with Tamil துப்பாக்கி (tuppākki), Malayalam തോക്ക് (tōkkŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪uwəkəkuwə/

Noun

තුවක්කුව • (tuwakkuwa)

gun, rifle, musket

References

Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “තුවක්කුව”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.

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