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 චේල, ‍අ චේලක, a. (චේල raiment), without clothes, naked, නිර්‍වස්ත්‍ර.

අක්මැල්ල, a medicinal plant, Spilanthes Acmella.

අක්‍ෂර, Achyranthes aspera, ගස්කරල්හැබ.

අන්තර්‍වාක්‍යය, n. (අන්තර් වාක්‍යය), parenthesis, E. S.

අපුල්ලනවා, v. t. to full or wash clothes (generally by beating); pret. ඇපුල්ලුවා; v. n. ඇ පිල්ලීම.

අෂ්ට විධ පාන, n. pl. B., the eight kinds of beverage allowed to priests, viz. that made from මීපැණි, මුද්‍රිකඵල, බොරළුදමනු, උපුල්අල, ඇට කෙසෙල්, මස් කෙසෙල්, අඹ, and දඹ: see each in its place. The juice of these is to be mixed with water.

ආකෝටනය, n. giving strokes or beating, chopping, කෙටීම; washing clothes, ඇපිල්ලීම.

ආනය, n. inhaled breath, inhalation, ‍ආශ්වාසය; shelf, රාක්කය; clothes-line.

ඇඳගන්නවා, v. t. to put one's clothes on, apparel one's self, don.

ඇඳුම, n. garment, dress; pl. ඇඳුම්: clothes, clothing, garments.

ඇඳුම් පැලඳුම්, n. pl. clothes and ornaments, array.

ඉස්තිරික්කයෙන් මදිනවා, v. t. to iron (clothes).

ඔතු, n. pl. of ඔත්ත: tithes.

ඔතුගන්නවා, v. to take tithes, to tithe.