"ලුණු" meaning in Sinhalese

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Noun

Forms: luṇu [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Etymology templates: {{inh|si|sa|लवण}} Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa) Head templates: {{head|si|noun||[[]]}} ලුණු • (luṇu), {{si-noun}} ලුණු • (luṇu)
  1. salt Synonyms: ලවණ
    Sense id: en-ලුණු-si-noun-Y0ea1poJ
  2. saline taste
    Sense id: en-ලුණු-si-noun-Gccc5S~p Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header, Condiments Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Condiments: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ලුණුකර (luṇukara), ලුණු දෙහි (luṇu dehi), ලුණු මාළු (luṇu māḷu), ලුණු ගානවා (luṇu gānawā), ලුණු දමනවා (luṇu damanawā)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luṇukara",
      "word": "ලුණුකර"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luṇu dehi",
      "word": "ලුණු දෙහි"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luṇu māḷu",
      "word": "ලුණු මාළු"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luṇu gānawā",
      "word": "ලුණු ගානවා"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luṇu damanawā",
      "word": "ලුණු දමනවා"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "si",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "[[]]"
      },
      "expansion": "ලුණු • (luṇu)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ලුණු • (luṇu)",
      "name": "si-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sinhalese",
  "lang_code": "si",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "salt"
      ],
      "id": "en-ලුණු-si-noun-Y0ea1poJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "salt",
          "salt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ලවණ"
        }
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    },
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          "_dis": "20 80",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
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          "name": "Condiments",
          "orig": "si:Condiments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "saline taste"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "saline",
          "saline"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}
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    "Sinhalese lemmas",
    "Sinhalese nouns",
    "Sinhalese terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Sinhalese terms inherited from Sanskrit",
    "si:Condiments"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "luṇukara",
      "word": "ලුණුකර"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luṇu dehi",
      "word": "ලුණු දෙහි"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luṇu māḷu",
      "word": "ලුණු මාළු"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luṇu gānawā",
      "word": "ලුණු ගානවා"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luṇu damanawā",
      "word": "ලුණු දමනවා"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "लवण"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luṇu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "si",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "[[]]"
      },
      "expansion": "ලුණු • (luṇu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "ලුණු • (luṇu)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sinhalese",
  "lang_code": "si",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "salt"
      ],
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        [
          "salt",
          "salt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ලවණ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "saline taste"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saline",
          "saline"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "si:ලුණු"
  ],
  "word": "ලුණු"
}

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