THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE. 



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Sinhalese. 



Pall 



Sanskrit. 



Examples, 





adi 



adhi 



adhi 



adikarana 



1 supreme.' 



apa 



apa 



apa 



apa-dan, 



' ab-lative.' 



api 



api 



api 



'pi-i/ana,* 



* cover.' 



ami 



anu 



anu 



anu-sara, 



' prevalence.' 



ava 



ava 



ava 



aua-man, 



' dis-grace.' 



u 



U, 



ut 



u-legi, 



' up -risen.' 



upa 



upa 



upa 



upa-ma, 



' comparison.' 



du 



du 



dur 



du-dana, 



* wicked.' 



ni 



ni 



ni 



ni-dahas, 



' leisure.' 



pa 



pa 



pra 



pa-vara, 



' pre-eminent.' 



para" 



para 



para, 



para-jaya, 



* de-feat.' 



pasf 



ni 



nir 



pasa 



' to pass through. 



piri 



pari 



pari 



piri-vara 



' retinue.' 



pilij 



pati 



prati 



pili-gat s 



4 accepted.' 



vi 



vi 



vi 



vi-ridii, 



* opposed.' 



sa 



san 



sam 



sa-banda 



' con -joint.' 



su 



su 



su 



su-ralu, 



4 very -red.' 



The Yerb. 



In turning from the noun to the verb, Dr. Stevenson says, the 

 seeond person singular in the imperative is the root in the lan- 

 guages which he compares, that is, the Dra vidian, under which, he 

 includes the Sinhalese, and the North-Indian. I have already dis- 

 posed of this supposed mark of resemblance under the head of roots. 

 In further illustration of the facts therein stated, I may here refer 

 to the verb substantive. This is changed from bhu in Sanskrit to 

 vu in Sinhalese. The imperative in the latter is never vu, but 

 ye or, more frequently (like the Sanskrit bhava==) vera ' be thou' 

 singular, and vevu 'be ye' in the plural ; see Sidatsangara, § 51. 



* The initial a in api is generally lost in composition in the Sinhalese, as 

 in pi-nasa 'nose-affection.' 



f This is the only word, the relation of which to the Sanskrit does not clear- 

 ly appear. 



% Here, it will be observed, the Sanskrit t is changed into I in the Sinhalese, 



