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 ්.

අඟුටය, අඟුටුව, n. E. of අංගුෂ්ඨය: thumb, big toe; also leg of a crab, &c.

අඩ මුකුළු, a. partly or bightly curled or shrivelled, මදක් හැකුළුණු.

අඩ මුකුළුව, n. bight coquetry. See මුකුළුව.

අර්‍ථාපන්ති, a. ambiguous, conditional. E. S.

අර්‍ථාපන්තිය, n. (ආපන්තිය fault), ambiguity &c., අර්‍ථයේ අනුමානකම.

අල්ප, a. few, ස්වල්ප; bight; insignificant; little; සුළු.

අල්ප ගන්ධය, n. bight scent, ගඳ or සුවඳ ටිකක්; red lotus, රතු නෙළුම.

අල්ප තනු, a. small-bodied, bight, diminutive, ශරීරයෙන් කුඩා

අල්ප ලෙස, ad. bightly, ස්වල්ප ලෙස.

අව ඥානය, අව ඥාව, n. disrespect, disdain, contempt, indignity, scorn, bight, නීචකොට සිතී ම, හෙළා දැකීම.

ඌරු, a. big, large: see උරු.

ඕ, n. The fifteenth letter of the alphabet. It is a long o which retains its initial sound to the end, and does not, like the English long o, terminate in oo: consequently it is a broad and, to English ears, a bightly vulgar sound.

කලටිය, Pithecolobium bigeminum (Legum.).

කවෝෂණ, a. (කව little, උෂ්ණ), bightly warm, tepid, මදක් උණුහුම්.