හුළං නෑ
“හුළං නෑ” (huḷaṁ nǣ) — it's muggy in Sinhala. Adverb, level B1. hu-lan næ; the ḷ is the curled-tongue l. In a live sentence: “කාමරේ හුළං නෑ, ජනේලේ අරින්න” — It's muggy in the room, open the window. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters හ, ු, ළ, ං, න, ෑ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | හුළං නෑ |
| Read in Latin letters | huḷaṁ nǣ |
| Translation | it's muggy |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | B1 |
- හුළං නෑhuḷaṁ nǣit's muggy
How to pronounce it
hu-lan næ; the ḷ is the curled-tongue l
Why it looks that way
Literally 'there's no air', from the familiar 'wind'. Plain heat is another word; this is about stale air
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.
- කාමරේ හුළං නෑ, ජනේලේ අරින්නkāmarē huḷaṁ nǣ, janēlē arinnaIt's muggy in the room, open the window
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 “it's muggy” in Sinhala?
«හුළං නෑ», read “huḷaṁ nǣ”. hu-lan næ; the ḷ is the curled-tongue l. In a live sentence: “කාමරේ හුළං නෑ, ජනේලේ අරින්න” — It's muggy in the room, open the window. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level B1; written with the characters හ, ු, ළ, ං, න, ෑ.
How is “හුළං නෑ” written in Latin letters?
huḷaṁ nǣ. 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?
Literally 'there's no air', from the familiar 'wind'. Plain heat is another word; this is about stale air. 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 it 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.