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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![171. Thick, parabata K., cf. S. paruata, adj., large, huge, and Sk. parvata, pdrcipata, mountain, which may be used to indicate thickness (S. gana). 172. Thunder and lightning, akunu O.; diada?nana Bl.; d'eula W.; devula andanawa K. • devula gorawanawa R.; katadamanan Bl. (S. geraivima viduliya). Akunu, cf. P. akkhana, Sk. akshat.ia. Diadamatia, lit. light thrower, from dia (Sk. dvita), light, rays of light, and damana, that which throws; cf. S. datna, to put, to throw, probably from Sk. Jdhma, to throw, to cast. Deula is a corruption of M. sojvala, lightning. Devula andanawa from devula, heaven, and S. andanawa, making a sound. Devula gorawanawa from devula and S. gorawanawa, rumble, growl. Katadamanan from kata (Sk. kdnli), lustre, and damanan, which appears to be either a mistake or another form of damana. 173. Tinder, huduhamba W.; pulum K. (S. ginipulun). Huduhamba from kudu, S. sudu, white, and hamba (Sk. samidha), fuel. [For another and more probable derivation cf. p. 386.] Pulum, cf. S. pulum, cotton. 174. Tobacco, vasakola K.; vecakola O. D. Bl. R.; vesakola K. W. L. T. (S. dumkola), perhaps from S. visa, poison, and kola, leaf. I75* Tongue, divapoja D.; divarukula Bl.; radiya O.; tale T. (S. diva). Divapoja, from S. diva, tongue, and poja : v. p. 391. Divarukula, lit. that which helps licking or tasting, from S. diva, tongue, and rukula, v. No. 73. Radiya from S. raha, taste, flavour, and diya, S. diva, tongue. Tale from S. tala (Sk. dala), blade. 176. Track (v.), oteken mangacalawe Bl., lit. “gone this way,” or “gone from there”; oteken, from there, cf. S. otanini, from that place, man, way, path (S. tnan, Sk. manga), gacalawe, gone, cf. P. gacchaii, goes. 177. Tree, ga, gapoja, gaipoja K. D. Bl., from S. gaha and poja, v. p. 391 (S. gasa, ga/ia). S. v. 29](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24851474_0619.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
