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Skr. sapatha, " oath," " curse ;" Pr. savaho ; H. soiiha ; 

 P. sohun ; S. suiihun ; Sin. hava, — the anga or stem in havam 

 now obsolete. 



Skr. kaparda, " cowrie ;' H. kaudi ; M., G., P., S., 0. 

 kavadi ; Sin. kavadi. 



Skr. tapa, " heat ;" H., and the rest, tava, tau ; Sin. 

 tava, the stem in the verb tavam. 



Skr, narikela, " cocoanut j" Pr. nari elo ; H. nariyala ; M. 

 narala ; P. narelu, nale'ru ; S. narele ; G. nairu ; Sin. (old) 

 neralu. 



Skr. nagara, u city :" Pr. naarl, nayarl ; H. naira ; G. 

 nayari ; Sin. nil vara. 



Skr. sugandha, "fragrant ;" Pr. suandha ; H., P. saundhd ; 

 Sin. suvanda. 



Skr. siichi, " needle ;" Pr., PL, P. siii ; S., M., G. soya ; 

 0., B. soca ; Sin. idi. Here the S ch has changed into ^ d, and 

 by the influence of the vowel & i, g u, has changed into |> u 

 and £3 s, has become <^ h, and dropped. See Beames Vol. 1. 

 § 34. 



Skr. raja, "king ;" Pr. raa : H. rau; in the rest, rao ; 

 Sin. rada ? raja 



Skr khddanari, " eating ;" Pr. khaanam ; H. khana ; P. 

 kahna: S. khainu; M. khaneii; G. khavun; 0. khaiba; B. khaite; 

 Sin. kana. 



Skr. pipasa "thirsty ;" H., and the rest, piyasa; Sin. (old) 

 pavas, (modern) pipasa, vulgo tibaha. Here is an instance of p 

 changing to t : the only other instance I have noticed is where 

 pippali, " long pepper," becomes tippli : but the Sinhalese word 

 tippli comes from the Tamil, as most of the names of medicinal 

 drugs coming from the southern coast of India. The old 

 Sinhalese word found in books is vagapul. 



Skr. prapana, " getting H. paua, pauna : P. pauna ; S. 

 painu ; G. panavuri ; M. pavanen ; B. paite : 0. paiba ; 

 Sin. pamuna ; u arriving." Here the p has as usual changed 

 into v, and thence to m, as in nava, " nine ; Sin. nama." 



Skr- kapota ; H. kapot ; Sin. kobeyiya ; ik wild dove." 



