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ON THE ORIGIN OF 





Pali. 



Sinhalese. 



Tamil. 



Ditch 



agadha 



agala 



akai 



Longwood 



( agaru 

 \ akalu 



agil 



akil 



Body 



anga 



anga 



£ /"/ vt t~t n yw> 



\ sQriram 



Woman 



angana 



angana 



manasl 



Market assembly angane 



angani 



ankadi 



Mars 



angara 



angaharu 



Sevei 



A creeper 



ankola 



anguna 



kurinji 



King 



anguliyaka 



anguva 



modiran 



Bam 



aja 



aja 



adu 



Eight 



a^ha 



ata 



ettu 



Eight tastes 



a^ha-rasa 



afci-rasa 



ashta-suve 



Tower 



a^ala 



alalia 



attala 



Joy 



piti 



&ti 



ava 



Half 



atfdha 



a<ia 



padi 



Forest 



atfavi 



ac/avi 



kadu 



Less 



ae/dha 



atfu 



korenda 



Body (member of) atta 



at 



angam 



Branch 



sakha 



atta 



kombu 



Hand 



hattha 



ata 



kai 



From the above comparisons, it would seem that out of thirty 

 words there are but jour which do not bear a close resemblance to 

 the Pali. They are agadha, ankola, piti and sakha. Now 

 agadha means ' exceedingly deep,' and from it comes our agala 

 ' ditch.' The resemblance between Anguna and ankola ('Alangium 

 hexapetalum') is apparent; since the substitution of n for I is frequent 

 in the Sinhalese, and also the interchange of k and g. Thus lalata 

 becomes nalata 'forehead;' velando is sometimes expressed venado 

 i merchants;' and the I in el-biju ' cardamum ' is sometimes changed 

 into n, as in en-sal, 'sal' being another word for ' biju.' Piti 

 may or may not be the source from whenpe we get ati; and though 

 atta does not come from sakha, yet it is clear that the former 



