u/hellalearner
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Word of the day: ශිල්පය—art, craft (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: අලංකාර කරනවා—decorate (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: පින්සල—paint brush (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: ප්‍රතිමාව—statue (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: අඳිනවා—draw, paint (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: කලාව—art (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: බල්ලා — dog (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: මදුරුවා—mosquito (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
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Word of the day: මීයා—mouse (self.sinhala) [Word of the Day]
hellalearner
hellalearner
Hmm. I'm usually only working from digital sources, and the ඳ vs ද are often problematic. I think both because of typos as well as OCR problems.
I just checked the Buddhadasa Hewage Sinhala English dictionary, and it has
අදිනවා (ළිඳෙන් වතුර) draw
So does that mean "draw water from a well"? In which case that's a completely different meaning of the English word "draw".
It also has
අඳිනවා draw, portray
අඳිනවා put on, wear
https://arutha.lk/search/අදිනවා
https://arutha.lk/search/අඳිනවා
The government site seems to conflait the two: www.languagesdept.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_glossary&view=results&Itemid=180&category_id=0&letter=a&limitstart=2250&lang=en (you have to search, url doesn't keep the term.)
What do you think?
hellalearner
Thanks!
hellalearner
You can't just leave us hanging…
hellalearner
Neat!
like whines or groans
Is this connected with any specific thing or animal?
hellalearner
I've seen that බල්ලන් is the sahitya plural. Does that sound right?
E.g. පසුවදා උදයේ වැද්දෙක් දඩයම් බල්ලන් රැගෙන වනයට ගියා. එතකොට එහි භූමාටු දෙවියෙක් තලගොයෙකුගේ වේශයෙන් වැද්දාට පේන්ට සැලැස්සුවා.
hellalearner
Is බල්ලෝ an insult? I guess it is in English, too, but it's kind of a humorous one.
hellalearner
කෙදිරි ගානවා, ඥාව් ගානවා
What are those!
hellalearner
Oh, one question… Do people ever say මදුරෙක් instead of මදුරුවෙක්?
hellalearner
thanks!
hellalearner
Interesting! so I guess කීං is just an onomatopoeia?
And is that ගානවා the same as in තෙල් ගානවා? Like, spreading a kīn sound?
hellalearner
AI told me these sayings… could someone confirm if they are accurate?
- මදුරුවාට පොල්ලෙන් ගහනවා වගේ
- මදුරුවන්ට ලේ දන් දෙනවා
- මදුරුවාට කාලතුවක්කුවෙන් තියනවා වගේ
And share any others please
hellalearner
What is the best way to talk about the buzzing sound a mosquito makes?
hellalearner
u/NotAPerfectUsername, does all that look correct?
hellalearner
Sorry, was there a typo?
Thanks! Crazy that words that are almost identical have meaning that are homophones in English.