ލަކުޑި ފޮށި
“ލަކުޑި ފޮށި” (lakudi foshi) — chest (trunk) in Maldivian. Noun, level A1. Foshi you have already met as 'suitcase': it's any lidded box. An old lacquered-wood chest stood in every house, holding clothes. In a live sentence: “ލަކުޑި ފޮށީގައި ހެދުންތައް ހުރި” — Clothes lay in the chest. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ލ, ަ, ކ, ު, ޑ, ި, ފ, ޮ, ށ, ި. A word from the everyday Maldivian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Maldivian | ލަކުޑި ފޮށި |
| Read in Latin letters | lakudi foshi |
| Translation | chest (trunk) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ލަކުޑި ފޮށިlakudi foshichest (trunk)
Why it looks that way
Foshi you have already met as 'suitcase': it's any lidded box. An old lacquered-wood chest stood in every house, holding clothes
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ލަކުޑި ފޮށީގައި ހެދުންތައް ހުރިlakudi fosheegai hedhunthah huriClothes lay in the chest
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “chest (trunk)” in Maldivian?
«ލަކުޑި ފޮށި», read “lakudi foshi”. In a live sentence: “ލަކުޑި ފޮށީގައި ހެދުންތައް ހުރި” — Clothes lay in the chest. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ލ, ަ, ކ, ު, ޑ, ި, ފ, ޮ, ށ, ި.
How is “ލަކުޑި ފޮށި” written in Latin letters?
lakudi foshi. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Foshi you have already met as 'suitcase': it's any lidded box. An old lacquered-wood chest stood in every house, holding clothes. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.