NO. 47. — 1896.] PLACE NAMES IN THE VANNI. 219 

 ... This name seems ancient. Is it Sinhalese ? 



Mulliyavalai 

 Omantai 

 Parantan 

 Parappukal 



Paliy(aru) 



Puluvaichchinatikulam 

 Pumantal 



Tanduvan 



Teran(kandal) 



Tudduvakai 



(Tuvarai)neri 

 Uvat(kulam) 

 Yaveddi or Yavaddai 

 Yappa(moddai) 



This name is also found in Punaryn 

 Parappu = expanse, kal = foot ? Cf . 



Parappankandal in the Mannar District 

 Mr. Parker says Palikkulam = Peliwapi 



of the Mahdwansa, hence Paliyaru 

 A corruption 



Possibly a corruption of Piimalantal, " place 

 where the flower-bud opened " 



Meaning of " Tuddu " unknown, possibly 

 Sinhalese ; vakai may mean the tree (a 

 kind of Cassia) 

 Meaning of " neri " unknown 

 Possibly from "uvar" = brackishness 



Query, has Yappa anything to do with 

 Yalppanam = Jaffna ? 



APPENDIX, 



The propensity for naming places after trees and plants 

 prevails among the Sinhalese of the North-Central and North- 

 western Provinces, and in fact generally throughout the 

 Island.* Many of the Tamil names in the Yanni have their 

 exact equivalents in the names of Sinhalese villages in these 

 Provinces. The Sinhalese have a tendency to put the word 

 gas or gaha (tree) after the name of the species, but a 

 corresponding tendency as regards m,aram (a tree) is not 

 found among the Tamils. The following list of equivalents 

 might no doubt be extended : — 



Avarankujam ... Kanoruwewaf 



Alankulam ... Nugagahawewa 



Attimoddai I Mayilwewa' 



( Mayilgaswewa 



*-E.g., Ambagamuwa, Badulla, Bogahawantalawa, Dambulla, Dimbula, 

 Peradeniya. 

 f This I take to be from ranawara and icewa. 



