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I did s a search for 'feyli' and it shows that the term is used for the ethnic wear in Maldives. > Feyli (the ethnic attire of the Maldivian) was worn both by

I did s a search for 'feyli' and it shows that the term is used for the ethnic wear in Maldives. > Feyli (the ethnic attire of the Maldivian) was worn both by men and women in Maldives during the monarchy. Is it the same word used for both things, or maybe a slightly different word?

tired-turtle 3y ago
For reference, here’s a Dhivehi-English dictionary. https://twothousandisles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dhivehi-dictionary.pdf https://twothousandisles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dhiv... (It lists only ethnic wear as a translation for “feyli.”)
- psychphysic 3y ago
  Hah now I'm picturing like that urban legend about Yucatan meaning "I don't know". Op is being asked by natives of he'd like some local clothes while he repeatedly jams his foot into the wet sand and points at it.
  - arrowsmith 3y ago
    It's not really an "urban legend" that Yucatan means "I don't know"; it 's a credible theory that linguists take seriously. You might be thinking of "kangaroo", which is also said to originate from a local word for "I don't know", but in that case it's not a serious hypothesis.
    - almostnormal 3y ago
      "Vasistas" in french originated from "was ist das?" (what's that?) in german. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transom_(architecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transom_(architecture)
rvba 3y ago
> “The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the whole universe to be called -- in the local language -- Your Finger You Fool, which was the literal meaning of the word Skund. > The reason for this is regrettably all too common. When the first explorers from the warm lands around the Circle Sea travelled into the chilly hinterland they filled in the blank spaces on their maps by grabbing the nearest native, pointing at some distant landmark, speaking very clearly in a loud voice, and writing down whatever the bemused man told them. Thus were immortalised in generations of atlases such geographical oddities as Just A Mountain, I Don't Know, What? and, of course, Your Finger You Fool." --Terry Prachett

tired-turtle 3y ago

For reference, here’s a Dhivehi-English dictionary. https://twothousandisles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dhivehi-dictionary.pdf https://twothousandisles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dhiv... (It lists only ethnic wear as a translation for “feyli.”)

psychphysic 3y ago
Hah now I'm picturing like that urban legend about Yucatan meaning "I don't know". Op is being asked by natives of he'd like some local clothes while he repeatedly jams his foot into the wet sand and points at it.
- arrowsmith 3y ago
  It's not really an "urban legend" that Yucatan means "I don't know"; it 's a credible theory that linguists take seriously. You might be thinking of "kangaroo", which is also said to originate from a local word for "I don't know", but in that case it's not a serious hypothesis.
  - almostnormal 3y ago
    "Vasistas" in french originated from "was ist das?" (what's that?) in german. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transom_(architecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transom_(architecture)

rvba 3y ago

> “The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the whole universe to be called -- in the local language -- Your Finger You Fool, which was the literal meaning of the word Skund. > The reason for this is regrettably all too common. When the first explorers from the warm lands around the Circle Sea travelled into the chilly hinterland they filled in the blank spaces on their maps by grabbing the nearest native, pointing at some distant landmark, speaking very clearly in a loud voice, and writing down whatever the bemused man told them. Thus were immortalised in generations of atlases such geographical oddities as Just A Mountain, I Don't Know, What? and, of course, Your Finger You Fool." --Terry Prachett