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 චේතනික භාවය, n. mindlessness, &c.; gram. involitive voice, අකර්‍මක ක්‍රියාව.

අඬ, n. voice, sound.

අෂ්ටාංග බ්‍රහ්ම ඝෝෂාව, n. Brahma's eight-toned voice, අට ආකාර නාදයෙන් යුත් බ්‍රහ්මයාගේ කට

ආත්මනේ පදය, n. gram. middle voice.

ඕසේ, n. continued sound of the voice after the word is finished.

කට හඬ, n. the voice.

කර්‍තෘ වාච්‍යය, n. gram. expressing the agent, active verb or voice.

කර්‍මණි වාච්‍යය, n. gram. passive verb, passive voice.

කාක ස්වර, a. having a crow's voice or harsh voice.

කාක ස්වරය, n. cawing, කපුටුහඬ; harsh or hoarse voice, අමිහිරි හඬ.

කාකුව, n. change of voice through fear, muttering.

චේතනික·භාවය, n. gram. volitive voice.

තුරු·රැව්, තුරු·හඬ, n. sound of a drum, හේවි සිය, බෙරහඬ; voice of a bird, කුරුළුහඬ.

දුශ්ශබ්දය, n. bad sound or voice, අමිහිරිහඬ.