Ethi (ĕthĭ) – A word used in Thaa Atoll Hirilandhoo to refer to a person as “You”.
example: “ethi kon thaakah thiyaa dhanee?”
18 Sunday Dec 2011
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18 Sunday Dec 2011
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Ethi (ĕthĭ) – A word used in Thaa Atoll Hirilandhoo to refer to a person as “You”.
example: “ethi kon thaakah thiyaa dhanee?”
Laafen 
It may be a derogatory word in some circles … but it is not for all Male-ian … :)
When i was a kid, I have heard my aunts refer to other women friends as such.
Especially when they havent seen them for a long time. They’d ask their friends …
“kobaa tha eythigandu … nuves feney … hehehe ” … :)
amira ::
I didnt know we had a demonym for residents of Male’, or were you talking about people who are originally from Male’ ???
Subcorpus, exactly. I even remember back in our school days we would greet each other the same way “Ethi aadhe bala”. And I am sure the tone of ours would have matched that of our aunts and mothers. But then again, amira is quite right too. I certainly wouldn’t use it now :)
All these days I was under the impression that, “Ethi thiyaa dhanee kobnthaakah” meant “Ey” thiya thadhanee…”.i.e. first an exclamation to grab attention before asking the question where you were going. I felt that when the words are said rapidly in quick succession it sounds as if it means “Ethi” instead of “ey thi”.
Ethi blog varah loabi…ahem!! i meant ey thi blog varah loabi ey…okies. Keep on writing dear. Good on ya!
Ethi, I like your new blog better than your old one.
Ethi, I like you being here better than there :)
ethi :) reading all your earlier posts and enjoying it. Mee mashaa, magey dhariyaa dharinge dharinnahves dhivehinnaa, dhivehi raajjeyge thaareekhu adhi dhivehi bahuruva dhaskoh dheyn varah fahkaa blog eh! mikan abadhuves kuriyah gendhiumah edhen. shukuriyyaa! :D
baajja veri ufaaveri dhuvahakah edhemun vaki velan :)
Ethi, varah hiyy ufaavejjey :D
Miadhu thidhinee varah “barivaru loabi” and nudhanna meehaku nudheynehaa “gina vaguthu”. Thiya buneli oagaatheri basthah adu ivifa dhiri-ulhumuge, dhiri-hurumuge sababeh furihama vejje. Dhivehi anhenaku loaiyybaa ekkoh mikuraa haaves masakkathakee annan thibi dharinnah mi raajjeyaa, dhivehinnakee kon baekkan angaadhinun. Adhi miadhu ufaa velaafa bunelevey vaahaka akee, mi hiree mikamuga ekanyeh nooney :)
your http://dhathuru.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/shades-of-blue,
amira’s http://mindblur.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/patriotic-yet-a-citizen-in-distress,
and hassan’s http://www.hasanlive.com/2012/01/some-old-customs-of-huvadhu-atoll.html says it all!
May god bless our work.