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CONTRIBUTIONS TO SINHALESE GRAMMAR.
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P.; aeka añka, Amb. A, 51, Nám. 230; aetul = antara; daehit, = dantakdshțd, Amb. A, 10, comp. daehaeti, Abhid. 442, daew atrikd, Kdvy. IX, 57 and mod. Simh. daewitu; taon - sthana; gaem grāma; haenda (handand 104, 14) = achhadana Amb. A, 10, P. P. 31, K. J. 51; aedura = dcharya Amb. B, 39, 44; kaenda old kanda, Amb. A, 12 Skt. kanda; haemaendae =dmdrjana Amb. B, 52, cf. aemada, Kavy. X, 101, Nám. 233; haeriyae, Amb. A, 25, 58; kaeraewu, Amb. A, 48, kaeraewiyas Amb. A, 33, 37, kaerae Amb. A, 46, kaeraeyehi Amb. A, 44, kaepiyae Amb. A, 50 (as is the termination of the infinitive in the inscr. at Ambasthala, comp. J. C. A. 8., 1880, p.7); baondae Amb. A, 44; baelae Amb. A, 38; baesae Amb. A, 11; gaemin., Amb. B, 28; gaemburu Amb. A, 52; daeduru
jarjarita, Kavy. X, 118; waotum or waetup wages,' PAli vutti; paena = prabna, Nám. 60; de saman) R. D. I. 29; Nam. 127 = jdti; daen = iddnim, L. V. K. C., S. M. A., 12; námin = ndmnd, Mah. B; nowa = ndwd, S. M. A. 20.
The influence of e or a cerebral is observable in wastenawa, of a (or e) in saetapenawá (satapá Parâkramabahu's Inscr. at Pollon. 31). In yaeta (12th century, now yata) already Kavy. IX, 27 = adhastát, Pali hetthd, Sindhi hetha, the modification of a (or e) seems due to a preceding y. In other cases again a nasal seems to have effected the change, as panaes, fifty(12th century), old panasa, now panaha, panas; aeñiga =añga, tats. ; saekaya=banka, tats. ; saedol chånddla, poetical; saepata, saepa, corrupted tats. ; baema, eyebrow (comp. Beames' Comp. Gr., vol. II, p. 55,) Pâli bhamu, for bhuma, Prak. bhuma, Zend byvat. of. J.P.bhamuha and bhamaya, Hem. II, 167, Vararuchi IV, 33. There are still other instances which I do not know how to explain, as raewula, beard' (smasru, perhaps through masura, mahuru, maru, raemu, raewu+la); aesala = áshadha; saebdaya = sabda, tats.; daela = jala; waerada, older wardj, tats. = aparádha. At the end of a word we find ae changing with a a dull sound like w in but') as mae, ma (older mi) corroborative particle, kotae, kota, orig. kotu, and so often.
A is either a modification of d, or sprung from contraction. Of the first process we find instances in numerous tatsamas as waedruma (verbal noun of wadaranawd); sestra =jdstra; baegin, Amb. A, 52, bấya = bhaga; pela Amb. B, 30, Wandarûpa 14 = pdli, measure, old tats. ; saêsanaya = ódsana; saêntiya = känti. Contraction from ae, and other vowels in wadya, 'adze,' probably for wahiya = vdi;
baéná = bhágineya; raé night for raeya (Inscr. 13th cent.)=ratri. Genuine Simhalese instances are baé, Amb. A, 5, from bdya (comp. bhatina, Inscr. of Dhauli), batiya, a brother, Badagiriya. Al for ey we find in laeran for leya = lekhaka; salya (now sdya) for seya; cheya = chaitya ; daé for deya = dravya, Raan. D. 17; aê for ay in maéniyan for maya 'mother'; saéma,'all' for saéruma = sarva, comp. Hindi sárd, Beames, Oomp. Gr., vol. II, p. 25; Mah. B.; aé for ya in the tatsama taegi, taegga = tyaga.
Ae for i in paelanda P.P.P.A. 8, Kdvy. X, 180 = Páli pilandhana; for a in paedakunu =: pradakshina Rank. 3; baenae S. M. A. 28. Ao for w in waeni = guna, for instance mewaeni, S. M. B. 15, J. O. A. 8., 1880, p. 1 ff. In the inscription of Ambasthala which affects an older dialect we find still sey = chaitya, leya, le (daru) = lekha(dharaka), while the contemporaneous inscription of Mahakalattaewa (J. O. A. S. 1879, p. 22) has saé and laenan, but also mahale. Aleyaka we find in the inscription of Siri Sanga Bo at Mihintale. So we find deya =dravya, Rank. D. 9, S. M. B. 27, bat dae Rank. D. 17.
Shortening of long vowels (cf. aswaseyu in the inscr. of Dhauli and Jangada, Cunningham 1. 92. palibhasayisan, edict of Delhi, No. III) is very frequent. I give only the following instances from the inscriptions :
Kari = karlsha, conf. kariso, Hem. I, 101; Amb. A, 52; awasa = dwdea, Amb. A, 15, Nám. 259 ,; awasanavaadna, Amb. A, 57; unu=una Amb. A, 28, S. 8.1; karuna=kdrana, Amb. A, 25, karuwa =kdraka Amb. A, 47; kala= kdla, Amb. B, 56; kasa, Amb. B, 53, and kaha, Amb. A, 42, == kashaya S. S. 32; gam =grama, Amb. A, 50, Mah. B.; tan = sthana, Amb. A, 19; tanaturu P.P.P. 68; loc. taenae, A.mb. A, 28; tal=tala, Amb. A, 50, Nam. 136; dar ddru, Amb. B, 23, 24; dasa =ddoa Amb. A, 41, 45, Gipsy das, Mikl. VII, 42; dum =dhúma, Amb. A, 37, Ab. 304; narak endpaka Amb. B, 13; pamanu = pamdna Amb. A, 46, Mah& Ratmala L.V.K.B.; pahayamin = prabhdyamdna, Amb. A, 3; perawaru = purvaudra, Amb. A, 28; mal = mdla, Amb. B, 8; mas = mdea, Amb. A, 4, 56; mas = manea 'flesh,' Gipsy mas, Mikl. VIII, 12; mahawar = mahdpdra, Amb. B, 54, Report XXV, p. 4; raj=rdji L.V.K.A, Amb. A, 1, Gipsy raj, Mikl. VIII, 54, maharajun, Gp. A, 5; kit = kirti, Nám. 61, of. kiti in Asoka's edicts, Cunning. I, 80; abarana - dbharana, Amb. A, 13; arak-drakshd Amb. A, 32, 33, Ruan. D, 30; kapura-karpara, Rank. D,
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