Words - Sinhalese

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Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

anaconda	a S. American boa of the genus Eunectes. [Sinhalese henakandaya whip snake, perh. f. hena lightning + kanda stem].
beriberi	an acute disease occurring in India.
calamander	a hard valuable wood of the ebony genus.
dagaba dagoba	a dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
kittul	the JAGGERY palm; a fibre obtained from the leaf-stalks of this, used for making ropes, brushes, etc.
talipat talipot	a very tall southern Indian fan palm with enormous leaves which are used as sunshades etc.
wanderoo	a long-tailed monkey, native to the Malabar coast of India.

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