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 ්.

උන්නාන්සේ, n. Buddhist monk, මහණුන්නාන් සේ; Mister, as ගුණසේකර උන්නාන්සේ, Mr. Gunasekara.

කචිරි විචිරි, n. gibberish, jabber, babble of drunkards.

කටු·කරඳ, grey bonduc, nickar, Caesalpinia (Legum.).

කළු·වවුලැටිය, bonduc on nickar tree, Caesalpinia Bonduc (Legum.).

තක්‍ෂණයා, n. peeler &c., carpenter; ap. of Visvakarma (architect of the gods), විශ්ව කර්‍මයා.

තෙල්කරවලා n. oily-karawalā, snake, a variety of bungarus ceylanicus.

ද්වීපය, n. iband. The seven main dwipas of this world are said to be, Jambu, Kusa, Plaksha, Sālmalī, Krauncha, Sāka and Pushkara; tiger's skin, දිවිහම.

දේව·ශිල්පී,·ශිල්පියා, n. artisan of the gods: ap. of Visvakarma, විශ්වකර්‍මයා.

නිකුම්භ, n. son of Kumbhakarna, which latter was the brother of Rāvana.

පාන·ශෞණ්ඩයා, n. drunkard, බේබද්දා.

බීමත්කාරයා, n. drunkard, sot.

බුජඟ, n. E. of භුජංගයා: snake, සර්‍පයා, immoral person, as gambler, drunkard &c., දුසිරිත් කරන්නා.

බෙබෙයා, n. (bang) drunkard, toper, බේබද්දා.

බේබදුව, බේබද්දා, n. drunkard, sot.