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30) JSfija, I cannot explain. 



31) Mtiswd genae "being pleased," ruswa is Gerund of 

 ruswanawa cans, rusanawa "to please" (Vrui) and genae 

 -Gerund of gannawd. Gannawd is used as an auxiliary to 

 form a sort of refiexivum, thus we have bala " having seen," 

 (balanawa — Prakrt pulva, pulaa, Skt. pralok), bala genae 

 " having seen for one's self, having examined." There is often 

 no real difference from the simple verb ; but at least in the 

 present language the Sinhalese prefer to employ the auxili- 

 ary wherever a direct reference to the subject may be implied. 



32) Tub mm watt "in order to establish" (?) — tubuwa 

 Supine (= stMpitum) + wati which must remain unex- 

 plained. 



33) Nisiyan ha sasaenda is gerund of a tatsama verb = 

 Pali samsandati (Vsyand) " to run together, to associate" 

 (In my report I erroneously took it to be the causative 

 samsandeti), Nisi (Pali nissito = nicrita) here simply means, 

 " connected with, concerned in," in modern times " fit, 

 suitable" and I would translate now the whole clause : " in 

 concurrence with those concerned in the matter." 



34) Kaemiyanat, dative, see VI. C. 5. 



35) Dasnat, dative plural of dasa " slave" = casa, (the 

 modern form would be dasunta.) 



36) Katae yutu " it is proper to do"— -diy ae yutu " it is 

 proper to give. Katae and diyae (as also tubuwa No. 32) 

 are supines derived from the Skt. infinitive in turn — kartum, 

 dattum, (Pali detum.) They are used in connexion with 

 yutu (yukta), haeki (cakya) and similar words. 



37) Se " concerning." 



38) Wiwarunen, instrumental of wiwaruna " comment" 

 = Pali vi varan a. 



39) JEkse hot Ct having made like one," " having put 

 together" (ekse see III. 20. j 



40) Tabana ladi, comp. denu ladi (VI. D. 2.) 



