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Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්රීසි–සිංහල ...
Agitation may refer to: Agitation (action), putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing; An emotional state of excitement or restlessness Psychomotor agitation, an extreme form of the above, which can be part of a mental illness or a side effect of anti-psychotic medication; Agitation (dementia), a symptom of dementia
Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs , which are known as prastā piruḷu ( ප්රස්තා පිරුළු ) in Sinhala.
Protesters dubbed the protesting area Gotagogama, meaning the "Gota Go Village". [147] [148] [149] It was initially set up by volunteers on the night of 9 April with a handful of tents. Within 24 hours, the number of tents had grown to 24 and portable toilet facilities, three for men and three for women, had been installed. [150]
Sinhala dialects are the various minor variations of Sinhalese language which are based on the locale (within Island of Sri Lanka) and the social classes and social groups (e.g. university students). Most of the slang are common across all dialects.
Although this was later proved to be false, the rumor inflamed the passions of the mob and led to further massacres and property destruction. On 11 June, agitated Sinhalese mobs began roaming the streets of Gal Oya valley looking for Tamils to physically assault. Some Tamils were severely clubbed on their skulls and admitted to hospital. [4]
This is a list of Sinhala words of Dutch origin. Note: For information on the transcription used, see National Library at Calcutta romanization. An exception from the standard is the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää". Sinhala words of Dutch origin came about during the period of Dutch colonial rule in Sri Lanka between 1658 ...
Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...