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

මහා·යුගය, n. the great yuga or age, aggregate of the four ages amounting to 432 millions of years.

මැසි·ඉහඳ, n. pl. eggs of flies, flyblow.

මල·බඳිනවා‍, v. lit. rust binds or fixes on, to rust, become මල·බඳිනවාrusty.

මෙවෙනතුරු, මේවෙනකල්, ad. until now, hitherto.

මවිතවෙනවා, v. i. to become astonished or amazed, පුදුමවෙනවා.

මකර, n. myth. a sea monster with the head and fore legs of an antelope and body and tail of a fish,—it is the emblem of the god of love; as a figure in the zodiac it corresponds to Capricorn: see මකරය &c. above.

මළ·පලාව, මළ·පාළුව, n. lit. death-desolation, or vacancy, viz. an estate which has fallen to Government through failure of heirs.

මන්ත්‍රි·ආගාරය, n. council-house, council-chamber.

ම, suf. emphatic particle, as ඔහුම he himself, මේකම this very thing.