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iii. The aw is changed into a (as) o and u ; thus. 



Sanskrit. 



Pali. 



Sinhalese. 





nau 



nava 



naeva 



' ship ' 



aushadha 



osada 



osu 



' drug ' 



gaura 



gora 



gora 



.'white' 



chaura 



chora 



sora 



'thief 



mauktika 



muttika 



mutu 



' pearl/ 



Without entering into all the changes which the Sanskrit conso- 

 nants undergo in the Prakrits and the Sinhalese, I shall here request 

 attention to a few which may be deduced from the above examples. 



iv. It will be seen that the Sanskrit d is changed into 1; a 



Sanskrit. 



Pali. 



Sinhalese. 





asac?ka 



asalha 



a3sala 



'July' 



dridha 



dalha 



dala 



' coarse ' 



dramidha 



damila 



demala 



'Tamil' 



praudha 



* 



pavala 



'bold.' 



v, The Sanskrit and Pali t is also changed 



into I in the 



halese, as; 









Sanskrit. 



Pali. 



Sinhalese. 





katfu 



ka£u 



kulu 



'pungent' 



kuta 



kfaa 



kulu 



'wild? 



kritfa 



kriia 



kirula 



' crown' 



bha*a 



bhatfa 



bala 



' soldier.' 



vi. The Sanskrit and Pali ch is frequently changed into s in 

 the Sinhalese; whilst no effort is spared by Dra vidian organs, even 

 where a Sanskrit word with an s is adopted by the Tamils, ta 

 change the s into ch, as Ghinkala for Sinhala. 

 Sanskrit. Pali t Sinhalese. 



chaura chora sora 'thief 



chumba chumba simba 'kiss' 



chatur chatu satara 'four* 



chakkra chakka saka 'wheel.' 



I have not met the equivalent of this in the Pali. 



