THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE. 



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koradusha, from whence we have obtained the Sinhalese word, to 

 show its non-relation to the Tamil kurrai. 



xi. Alei, i a wave,' Tamil, is said to be allied to relet, 'a wave,' 

 in the Sinhalese. The English ripple would be nearer rela than 

 the Tamil alei. But the Sinhalese word comes from the Pali tarala, 



* trembling '— ' to pass, to go or move,' 



xii. Odukidam, e a recess,' Ta,m\l=odokkuva, ' a place in the 

 waist for money,' Sinhalese, This is the only word in the list 

 before us which is derived from the Dravidian. It comes from 

 adukku 'to heap,' thence odokku-va 4 the place [generally the 

 waist] in which something is kept.' This is however a modern 

 introduction, and is not to be found in the books, which use ceka, 

 from the Pali anka. 



xiii. Op a, ' smoothness, beauty,' Tamil ;=opa, ' polish, glittering,' 

 Sinhalese. This is clearly a child of the Sanskrit ojas, ' light, 

 splendour,' from whence we get oda, and thence opa % 



xiv. Ka, kavari, ' a piece of wood with ropes attached,' Ta- 

 m\\=havandan, ' a bullock's yoke,' Sinhalese. There is some mis- 

 take here. Mr. Clough, from whose Dictionary this is said to have 

 been taken, does not give it; and there is no such word in the 

 Sinhalese. 



xv. Korabu, ' nibbling as a mouse,' TeLmi\=ku?*utu, Sinhalese, 



* a rasp.' What resemblance there is between the nibbling of a 

 mouse and the action of kurutu ' scraping,' ' scratching,' [e. g. apas- 

 kirate kuk-kutah 'the cock furrows;'] I cannot say; but, I believe 

 the words are not related to each other. 



xvi. Tati, ' skreen,' Tamil— tato't?*, Sinhalese, ' a ceiling, ship's 

 deck.' This word should be tattu (see Clough) from the Pali tail 

 ' top/ between which and a screen there is no relation whatever. 



xvii. Podi, 'full sacks or bags,' Tamil— podi, 'a bale,' Sinha- 

 lese. The Sinhalese like the Tamil word, is derived from the 

 Sanskrit and Pali putcr, 6 concavity.' 



in the Pali and Sanskrit, for ' a species of grain eaten by the poor people'— 

 paspalum scroblculatum, Lin, 



