අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.

අගු බැලීම, v. n. spying, espionage, eavesdropping.

අනන්තා, a twining plant with stinging hairs, Tragia involucrata, වැල්කහඹිලියා; Indian sarsaparilla, Hemidesmus indicus, ඉරමුසු; a species of grass, Andropogon contortus, හෙළඊතණ.

අම බිඳු, n. pl. E. of අමෘත බින්ඳු: drops of nectar.

අල ගර්‍දයා, අල ගර්‍ඬයා, n. hydrophis, a harmless water cobra, දියනයා.

ආ ටෝප, a. thick, උකුවූ; fat, තරබාරු (or dropsical, ජලෝදර); proud, උඩඟු.

ආ ටෝපය, n. thickness, උකුකම; fat (or dropsy, ජලෝදරය); puffing, swelling, පිපුම; pride, උඩඟුකම.

ඊ·තණ, arrow-grass, a spe. of grass, Andropogon contortus (Gram.).

උදකෝදර, a. (උදක උදර), dropsical.

උදකෝදරය, n. dropsy.

උදර රෝගකාර,උදර රෝගී, a. dropsical; diseased in stomach or bowels; බඩේ රෝගයක් ඇති.

උදර රෝගකාරය, උදර රෝගී, n. dropsical patient &c.

උදර රෝගය, n. dropsy; any disease of the stomach or abdomen.

කණ, n. a little bit or drop, ටික, බින්‍දුව; corner, කොන.

ඛර, a kind of grass, Andropogon serratus (Gram.).