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[It is to be observed that the persons are expressed in t wo 

 or three different ways, in order of the importance of the 

 personages addressed. Thus, too and uu signify the person 

 (spoken of) when the talk is of slaves or persons of low 

 condition. Umba, thou, and Undoeoe, he, are fitting when 

 used by the elder addressing the younger, a father a son ; 

 and Tamunwahansa, thou, and Ohuwahansa, he, are used by 

 the younger in addressing or speaking of an older person. 

 So also in the Malay language, when I address persons of the 

 same dignity as myself I say Beta, when I speak to persons 

 of lower rank Ako, when I speak of myself in the presence of 

 the king I say PateJc or Hamba, which denotes a servant, or 

 thar Manusiya* I speak of myself as "the keeper of the 



king's dog." In the same 



way thou and he are expressed 



in different ways.] 





Wahunnaw 



it is raining 



Mama karanja 



I write.f Mama is the pronoun I (see 





above) 



Mama lijanja 



I make (see note on preceding) 



Mama janjaji 



I go 



Mama injaji 



I sit 



Mama adahaganjaa 



I believe 



Mama kijanjai 



I speak 



Mama bandinjai 



I bind 



Mama woedenjai 



I fall 



Mama moerunkanja 



I am killed 



Mama enjai 



I come 



Mama aam 



I have come 



Mama issara-aam 



I shall have come 



Mama em 



I will come (future) 



Too wara 



come thou 



Uu aawawee 



let him come (veniat ille) 



Cola 



leaf, hence the tree Colambo, and the 



city commonly called Columbo 



* In Malay characters. 



f The author has transposed the meanings of this and the next word. 

 This should be " I write." 



% This is incorrect, of course. The derivation usually accepted nowa- 

 days is from Kolairiba, a sea port, but this does not explain how the villages 

 of Kolambagama in the Tissawa Korale of the Dewamada Hatpattu of 

 the Kurunegala District, and of Kolumbugama in the Meda Pattuwa of 

 the Nawadun Korale of Ratnapura District, neither of which is near the 

 sea, obtained their names. Sirr says : " Tradition declares that Calamba 



