The Veddas / by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann ; with a chapter by C.S. Myers ; and an appendix by A. Mendis Gunasekara.
- Charles Gabriel Seligman
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The Veddas / by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann ; with a chapter by C.S. Myers ; and an appendix by A. Mendis Gunasekara. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![someone or something, hence perhaps the idea of coming. Or ganyayi may be connected with ganyayi, approach, move, and anokala with M. ikade, this side, here. Humbate mangacenawa from humbate, here, and mangacenawa, to move (v. f. n. p. 390). Mitagaceuewa from mita, here, and gacenewa (mangacenaiva). 51. Cook (v.), talavelala pucakadanya Bl. (S. pisanawa, uyanawd) from talave, in the pan (M. thaia, Sk. stha/a), lala, having put (Sk. ri, to put), puca, to cook (Sk. and P. paca), and kadanya, to seethe (M. ukada, kadha). 52. Crocodile, mahabada O. ; pitagaca, pitagasa, pitegateya N. D. Bl. (S. kimbula). Mahabada, lit. he who has a large head, maha S., large, and bada (M. bada), head. Pitagaca, pitegateya, lit. he who goes on his belly, from pita, belly (H. peta), and gaca, that which goes. 53. Cry out (v.), andatalapa B.; kergacena Bl. (S. kctgasana). Andatalapa from S. ahda, cry, and talapa (S. talanawa), to beat, strike, speak. This seems to be the imperative form. Kergacena from kcer (S. kce), to cry, yell, and gacena (S. gasana), strike, make. 54. Cry, weep (v.), hitpoja ocadamala D. (S. ahdanawa). Hitpoja, heart, oca, raise (S. ussa, osawa, Sk. and P. ucca, high), and damala, putting down. [This expression seems to refer to the motion of the thorax when sobbing.] 55. Cut with axe (v.), galrakiying labacenava Bl., from galrakiying, with the axe (v. No. 7), and labacenava from Sk. rabbasa, violence, or from Sk./zz, to cut (causative form lav ay a ti) ($. porowen kapanaiva). 56. Dance (v), otadamanya Bl.; pisiawi W. ^S. natanawa). Otadamanya, “ to move in a circle,” from ota, S. vat a (Sk. vritta, P. vatta), round, and damanya, to jump (Sk. jhampa, jumping). Pisiazui, cf. Sk. praspand, to tremble, to quiver. 57. Deer, (i) Axis deer (Ccrvus axis), ambera L.; depatam magala W.; gemberupodage W.; kabereya, kaberea O. D. Bl. L.; kaura N. U. ; welkapurunage T. (S. muva). Ambera from Sk. sambara, deer. This word is distinct from ambera in No. 33 supra, cf. Sk. ambar/sha, a young animal.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24851474_0602.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
