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 ්.

අගු බැලීම, v. n. spying, espionage, eavesdropping.

ගිළීහීම, ගිළීහුම, v. n. of ගිළීහෙනවා: dropping, falling down, වැටීම.

ගොම·තැම්බ, n. cattle-dropping, heap of cow-dung.

ච්‍යුතිය, n. dropping, falling,වෑස්සීම, වැටීම; departure, චුතිය.

ධාරාව, n. continuity (as of water dropping, oozing or leaking or of heavy rain), or what continues, heavy rain &c., issue, flow, current; edge (of a sword &c.), මුවහත; van (of an army), පෙරමුණ; horse's pace, (trotting &c.), දුවන අන්දම.

ඵෙල, ඵෙලි, ඵෙලිකා, n. orts, leavings of a meal, droppings from the mouth, ඉතුරුවූ අහර, ඉඳුල්.

මැද·කුරු·ලොප්, n. (මැද අකුරු), dropping a middle letter, syncope.

රක්තාවසේවනය, n. (·අව: sprinkling, dropping), bleeding, ලේ වැගිරීම, ලේ බින්දීම.

වි·ගල, a. (වි emp, ගල් to drop), dropping, oozing, වෑස්සෙන.

ස්‍යන්‍දනය, n. dropping, oozing, බින්‍දුවැටීම, වැස් සීම; going, යාම.

සිලියෙන, a. flowing, dropping, oozing, වැගිරෙන.