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

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 කල, අ කල්, a. untimely, unseasonable, අකාල; improper, අයුතු.

අ කල් පලිතය, අ කාල පලිතය, n. untimely or premature greyness of the hair.

අ කල්ව, ad. untimely, unseasonably, නුසුදුසු කාලයට, නොකලට.

අ කාල කර්‍මය, n. untimely deed or event, mishap, ප්‍රස්තාවට නුසුදුසු දෙය, අවාසනාව.

අ කාල, අ කාලික, අ කාල්‍ය, a. out of due time, untimely, unseasonable, කාලයට or ප්‍රස්තාවට නුසුදුසු.

අ ඛණ්ඩනය, n. non-violation, නොකැඩීම, entireness, completeness, සම්පූර්‍ණකම; time or continuance, කාලය or පැවතීම.

අ වේලාව, n. unsuitable or unseasonable time, නුසුදුසු වේලාව.

අට රස, n. pl. the eight parts of speech; the eight sentiments exhibited in dancing, viz. love, tenderness, mirth, heroism, wrath, disgust, wonder, terror.

අතර වාර, a. occasional, happening sometimes.

අතරතුර, n. intermediate space or time, interval.

අත්‍යන්ත යෝගය, අත්‍යන්ත සංයෝගය, n. endless or uninterrupted continuity (of time or space), unlimited union or co-existence, නිම නැති සංයෝගය.

අතීත කාලය, අතීතය, n. past time; the past tense, the preterite.

අධුනා කාලය, n. the present time, දැන් කාලය.