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Terms of address in use 



menawa, as in the Lord's Prayer, £ Give vis this day our daily 

 bread.' ef(^d^8do<^3 ©QJd'^ epC30ef<s§.253©i£o€). 



Speaking of verbal affixes in the imperative mood, to 

 convey various degrees of respect to the person addressed, 

 I shall here exhibit a few of the changes which one solitary 

 word undergoes, when applied to different persons. Take 

 for instance dei 1 to come 



1 ®^9ce^8&><*ds3 - to l^ngs - ep8©i^0. 



2 csboggd^®^ to noblemen - cc^oa5®0^IO. 



3 «S»9 S tfi«BJ - to Priesthood- { S ® ^q 01 " 



i'^'tj^ f to a Samanera 1 V> 



4 *i«i^ - -{ bya TUm i_ } we©?, 



5 £53§£d«2\weJ®sd » to equals - - ep^eb-Sj. 



6 - - to inferiors - <9<2rfs)S. 



7 ©333$©c83 - - r to a gentleman \ or 6edeo0. 



^ 1 respectfully, { 



9 ttgae* - ( or husband. * <3ea©D®«3J. 



10 ^Q, - f ©©tferi, 



11 ©©aQjSj - « V familiarly - < ©©v^afe^a. 



12 ^8 - -} (dei. 



1 3 cp^SJ - to menials or) ©tf. 



14 ®<5*f - -V low caste y£)©Cf<35-, 



15 or ©Qo(3<55) persons. ) 8@ > .c5e5<s.€)J'. 



In reference to the variety of expressions used amongst 

 the Singhalese, the following extract from my Sidath San- 

 gara, p. lxiv., may not be out of place here. 



" There are numerous words in the Singhalese which are used towards 

 particular classes of people, e. g., ©^©^cfedO 'proceed,' is a term 

 peculiar in its application to the priesthood, whereas C5&)C><5$®S&30 } 

 of the like signification, is applied to the nobility, and coed©, 0£c2&3< 

 CCC3^5S)S, OG to equals and inferiors of different grades." So 

 likewise 8(5q<^0 'eat' is applied to priests, esdO0CS©8^JQ 

 to nobles, <*fl£tf© to inferiors ; and the last, with different modifications, 

 such as ^3C^ 43)£09a©»«55rf, <3X>035, ^OO&S&B, 

 -£>X)8cC, to equals and inferiors." 



