*ව්‍යාවෘතකරනවා, v. t. to occupy or employ (time), ගතකරනවා.

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 ්.

අ කීකරුකම්කරනවා, v. to act disobediently.

අ ඛණ්ඩකරනවා, v.t. to keep unbroken or inviolate, කඩනොකර රක්ෂාකරනවා; violate.

අ ගරුකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, treat disrespectfully, &c., අවනම්බුකරනවා.

අ ගෞරවකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, dishonour, treat disrespectfully.

අ චලකරනවා, v. t. to render motionless or stable; still, quieten, නිශ්චල කරනවා.

අ ච්ඡාදනයකරනවා, v. t. (අ priv.,ච් euphonic, ඡාදන covering), to cover, වසනවා, don, clothe, අඳිනවා.

අ ජීවකරනවා, v.t. to make ugly, &c., deface, disfigure, deform, විරූප කරනවා.

අ තුල්‍යකරනවා, v. t. to render unequal or unequalled, අසමකරනවා.

අ ද්‍රව්‍යකරනවා, v. t. to immaterialize, අශරීර කරනවා.

අ ධෛර්‍ය්‍යකරනවා, v. t. to discourage, unman, හිත පසුබටකරනවා, discountenance. E. S.

අ නඩුකරන‍වා, v. to do what is illegal or unfair, do wrong to, අයුක්‍තියක් කරනවා.

අ පවිත්‍රකරනවා, v. t. to make unclean &c., defile, contaminate.

අ පසක්කරනවා, v. t. to render imperceptible, obscure, අප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂ කරනවා අඳුරැකරනවා.