අ සන්දිගධාර්‍ථ, a. (අර්‍ථ meaning), not of doubtful meaning, unequivocal, අර්‍ථයෙන් අනුමානනැති.

අර්‍ධ ඝෝෂ, a. semi-vocal, මඳක් ශබ්දවන.

අර්‍ධ ස්වර, a. semi-vocal: see අර්‍ධ‍ඝෝෂ.

අල්කරනවා, v. t. to unvocalise by suppressing the vowel; in writing, to add the අල් mark (/?/ or /?/) for that purpose.

ආ, n. The second vowel of the alphabet, sounded like a in 'calm' or 'charm' its non-initial form is (ා) following the consonant it vocalizes, as කා Kā.

ඇ, n. The third vowel of the alphabet, though in some grammars and vocabularies this and the next are placed last of all. Its sound is a modification of අ, and like the sound of a in fat, bat, mat. Its non-initial form is (ැ) following the consonant it vocalizes, as කැබ්, cab.

ඈ, n. The fourth vowel of the alphabet, the lengthened sound of ඇ. Its non-initial form is (ැ) following the consonant it vocalizes, as මෑ Mã.

ඉ, n. The fifth vowel of the alphabet; the third in Sanskrit, which has not the two preceding. Its sound is the fine sharp sound of i in pin; its non-initial form is (ි), called ඉස්පිල්ල head or top piece, placed above the consonant it vocalizes: as කි,මි පින්, ki, mi, pin.

ඊ, n. The sixth vowel of the alphabet. Its sound is the previous vowel lengthened, and is the same as ee in Peel or Feel. Its non-initial form is ී placed above the consonant it vocalizes, as කී, මී, kí, mí.

උ, n. The seventh vowel of the alphabet. Its sound is that of oo in Foot. Its non-initial forms /?/ and ු called පාපිල්ල—lower or foot piece—are placed below the consonant they vocalize, as කු, මු, koo, moo.

උභයාර්‍ථ a. (අර්‍ථ), of double meaning, equivocal, තේරුම් දෙකක් ඇති.

උභයාර්‍ථත්වය, n. equivocalness.

ඌ, n. The eighth vowel of the alphabet. Its sound is that of oo in Food. Its non-initial forms (, ූ) are attached to the lower part of the consonant they vocalize, as කූ kōō, මූ mōō.

එ, n. The eleventh letter of the alphabet: a pure short vowel having the sound of e as heard in met. Its non-initial form (‍ෙ) is written before the consonant it vocalizes, as ‍දෙන් den, මෙන් men.

ඒකාර්‍ථ, a. (ඒක අර්‍ථ) having only one meaning, univocal, unequivocal, එක තේරුමක්ම ඇති; having one object or purpose, එක අදහසක්ම ඇති.