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

*ව්‍යාවෘතවෙනවා, v. t. to engage in,devote one's self to, apply, යෙදිසිටිනවා.

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 කීකරුවෙනවා, v. i. to become disobedient, to disobey.

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 ගුණ කියනවා, v. (with ගැන or gen.) speak evil of, asperse, defame, bander.

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 දර්‍ශනවෙනවා, v. i. to become invisible, disappear, නොපෙනියනවා.

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