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cough meaning in Sinhala

කහිනවා kahinawā

/kɒf//kɔf/

cough in Sinhala: කහිනවා (kahinawā). In English, cough means sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

Sinhala words for cough

to cough
කහිනවා kahinawā

English meaning of cough

  1. verb Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
  2. verb To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
  3. verb To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
  4. verb To surrender (information); to confess.

Full definition of cough

cough in a sentence

  • Sometimes she coughed up blood.
  • He almost coughed himself into a fit.
  • I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.

Synonyms of cough

cough in other languages

Questions about cough in Sinhala

What is the meaning of cough in Sinhala?
Cough in Sinhala is කහිනවා (kahinawā).
cough යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Cough: කහිනවා (kahinawā).
What does cough mean in English?
Cough means sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “cough”: කහිනවා. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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