අපේක්ෂණයකරනවා, v. to desire, ආශාවෙනවා, hope for, expect, බලාපොරොත්තුවෙනවා.

අ ව්‍යාපකත්වය, අ ව්‍යප්තතාව, අ ව්‍යාප්තිය, n. state of not being diffused or general, limitedness &c., පැතිරීනැතිකම; වි‍ශේෂකම.

අවිෂය, n. what is unperceived or immaterial, නොදැනෙන දේ, ද්‍රව්‍යනොවන දේ.

අතර මං වෙනවා, v. i. to be left in the lurch, &c.

අ රුචි ජනක, අ රුචි ද්‍රයක, a. producing or giving bad flavour or dibike, nauseous, disgusting, loathsome, අප්‍රියාව උපදවන, පිළිකුල්.

අණය, n. life, පණ, ජීවනය.

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 ්.

අංකිත, a. marked, labelled, සලකුණුකරපු; numbered, ගණන දමාපු.

අලංකෘතතාව, අලංකෘතිය, n. ornateness &c., adornment, beauty, ලක්ෂණකම.

අ වාදිත, a. unsaid, unspoken, නොකියනලද.