THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE. 



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po; but vara is supposed to be from the Tamil. We thus hare 

 but one stray Dravidian form in the thirty verbs in the above list. 



Having given the Sinhalese names and verbs in common use at 

 the present day; I now proceed to examine the earliest extant Sin- 

 halese, of which I have presented a specimen in the Sidat- Sangara, 

 p. xxxvi; and these words, be it remembered, being found on a rock 



inscription (of 262 A. D.), are unadulterated by the errors of 



t,r A/n srr i r>t,i on * 









# 



Pall 



Sitihctlct » 



Tamil, 



Prosperity 



siri 



siri 



tiru 



Weight 



bhara 



bara 



param 



Kshestriya 



khattiya 



ket 



ckattriya] 



Family 



kula 



kula 



kulam 



Pinnacle 



kunta 



kot 



thuvi 



Xshwahu 



okkaka 





suvahtc 



King 



raja 



raja 



rasa 



Succession 



parampara 





parampara 



Pescend 



bhassa 



ba£a 



rangu 



Illustrious 



vasabha 



usabi 



prastava-manu 



* Name 9 



Meghavanna 



iV_! evan 





Great 



mahanta 



maha 



mag ha 



That 



ta 



H 



anda = a 



Equal 



sama 



sama 



sama 



Lineage 



jati 





jadi 



Anointed queen abhiseka 

 Regina, queen rajani 



biso 

 rgejana 



^rasati 



Womb 



kuchchhi 



kusa 



kerpam 



Born 



upajja 



ipada 



upavital 



First 



adi-^ada 



aspa 



modal 



Enjoyed 



vinda 



vinda 



anubavitta f 



Due-course 



pa£i-pa£i 



pilivela 



kiramam 



* In the above table I have given the root of every word omitting only th$ 

 inflections, names and repetitions. 



j This comes from the Bangali e-mata. 



