Indian Antiquary Vol 12

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 75

MARCH, 1883.)
ARYAN ELEMENT IN SINHALESE.
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p. 586) is the popular word, Mald. in esfiya (Ch.), is int. al. used, which may have been derived eyelid, - Sinh. espihátta; Mald. lols (P.), ló (Ch.), from uppala = Skr, utpala and then have acquired is to be connected with loch, lochana. Brow: a more general meaning of this word. Leaf: pata bama =bhamuka (Mald. bouman P., buma Ch.). =patta, Skr. pattra (Mald. fai Ch.); the popular Har. kana = kanna (Mald. campat P., kangfax Ch., use of pan or pan = panna is shown by pansala strictly ear-hole, ear-cavity). That the Elu for or parsala, leaf hut, ascetic's abode, and Mald. nose næhæ= ndsikt is the genuine Sinhalese word pan (P.). Flower: mala = mald (Mald. maoë P., may be inferred from the allied Mald. nepat (P.), mau Ch.). nada, kernel, inside of a fruit, may be néfai (Ch.) (ef. Sinh. Maputaga, máspunktd, derived from majha (cf. Skr. madhyamd for the nostril P); new Sinh. náhe, ndse, is nothing but the seed capsule of the lotus flower). I shall not at tateama ndsa-ya. Tooth: data =danta (Mald. dat present enter further into the names of particular P., dai Ch.). Tongue: diva jivhą (Mald, douls plants, though there is here no lack of Aryan P., dú Ch.P). An interesting word is ugura for terms like vi, rice, - vihi; miris, pepper, =marica throat, which in contrast with the Skr.-Pali gala (Mald. mirus Ch.); lúnu, onion, garlic, from luhunu presupposes a form with r: Prakr. *uggura or (cf. Subhūti in Abhidh. v. 595), = lasuna (Mald. *uggara from ava + gar (in Mald. karu Ch. the in lonumedu Ch., garlic). old prefix may possibly have fallen off at a later World: lova = loka, in Elu often contracted to period). Arm and hand : ata = hattha (Mald. at 18 (cf. the Index to N. and MR. p. 75). Heaven: P., aitila Ch.). Fist: mita = mutthika (cf. supra ahasa = Akdea. Sun: ira, iru, in Elu also hiru p. 58a). Finger : engilla, older engili(N. v. 163), (MR. p. 100), hiri (N. v. 280), =suriya (Mald. = anguli (Mald, inguily P., agili Ch.). Nail : niya yrous P., iru Oh.); sunshine avuva dtapa. Moon: = nakha, new Sinh, usually niyapotta = Mald. handa, sanda,=canda (Mald. hadu Ch.; as regards niapaty P., niafati Ch. (is the second part of the the phonetic relation cf. Mald. condou, kodu, compound potta, husk, scale P). Back: pita = Sinh. kanda, see supra p. 63a). Star: taruva=tdrakd pittha. The Elu kanda, shoulder (N. v. 162), (Mald. tary P., tari Ch). Ray: rosa, generally pl. khandha, Skr. skandha, receives a welcome con- res, to Skr. rasmi, Pali ramsi, rasmi. Eliya, light, firmation in the Mald. condou (P.), kodu (Ch.). brightness, is, according to Childers (Journ. R. Foot, leg : paya = pdda, in Elu also contracted 4. Soc. N. S. vol. VIII, p. 145), together with to pd (N. v. 158) (Mald. pad P., fa, “leg," fiyolu, the tatsama dloka-ya having the same meaning, to "foot," Ch.). Knee: dana = janu; the Mald. be connected with Skr.-Pali aloka (Mald. aly, P. 1888 cacoulou (P.), kaku (Ch.), for this, whilst in ali Ch.). Darkness, obscurity: ardura (Mald. endiry Sinh. kakula is synonymous with paya.
P., andiri Ch.) doubtless = andhakdra ; cf. also Of parts of the body peculiar to beasts I only Prakr. andhala, Marathi andhala, Pischel in mention añga, Elu sangu, hangu,= *sanga, Skr. Hemacandra II, 173, and the Hindi forms andhald, fringa (Ch. has for this tung, which may be derived andhdrd, &c., in Bate's Dictionary of the Hindi from the well-known adjective turiga, high), and Language, p. 22. naguta, or with true Sinh hardening nakuta, as one Rain : vassa, older vasi (N. v. 34), from vassa, of the common words for tail = Pali nanguttha as Skr. varsha; Mald, varé (P.), ware (Ch.), belong compared with Skr. langúla. Skin, leather: hama, probably rather to vdri, water. The old word for sama, = camma (Mald. ans P., hang Ch.). Flesh : lightning must be retained in the Elu vidu (N. v. mas = mansa (Mald. the same Ch.). Bone: ætaya to 34), Mald. vidi P. (widani Ch.). For the only word atthi, Skr. asthi; eta-mola, marrow. Muscle, sinew : at present in use, as it appears, viz., viduliya, is naharaya to Pali naháru, Skr, snáyu (Mald. nare according to Clough's explanation 8.0. = Skr. P., ndru Ch.). Brain: mola, no doubt going back vidyullatd or more correctly = Pali vijjullata, to an old mattha, #masta (cf. supra p. 58a). Heart, consequently probably a word belonging originally hada to hadaya, Skr. hrd, hrdaya, in Elu also to the poetic dialect, and which at any rate has hida (N. v. 161) (Mald. il P., hing Ch.P). Blood : no closer connection with Prakr. vijjult and its
&= lohita (Mald. Lets P., le Ch.). Tears : kandulu new Indian cognates like bijli, &c. (cf. Pischel in to kand, Skr. lerand in the sense of weep. Milk: Hemacandra I, 15, Bate, loc. cit. p. 521). Giguruma, kiri =khfra, Skr. kshira (Mald, kiru Ch.).
also giguru, gigiru, gigiri, thunder (Mald. gougouIn the two terms gaha, gasa, = gachchha (Mald. rou P., guguri Ch.), belongs to the gur, mentioned gats P., gas Ch.), and væla vallika (cf. supra by Pischel in the Beitr... Kunde d. indo-germ. p. 586), the whole vegetable kingdom is according Spr. III, p. 237; cf. the Sinh. verb. guguranand to L. included. Root: mula = múla (Mald, mou and gorapanaod, to thunder. Rainbow : dedunna - P.). Stem: kanda=khandha, Skr. skandha (Mald. devadhanu (but Mald, wárodýni in Ch.). tandi Ch.P). Atta, branch, with its double t may be | Fire: ginna, older gini (N. v. 22), gini; also differentiated from ata, hand. For small twiga ipala connected gindara, originally perhaps fire-poe.