ඉගිලෙනවා

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Sinhalese

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Etymology

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From උගුළනවා (uguḷanawā), උගුල්ලනවා (ugullanawā, “to root up”), from Sanskrit *उद्घटि (udghaṭi, “to be open”), from उद्घट् (udghaṭ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ඉගිලෙනවා • (igilenawā)[2]

  1. to fly
  2. to peel off

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*udghaṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press: “Si. uguḷanavā, pret. igiḷuvā 'to root up' (whence intr. igiḷenavā 'to be uprooted')”
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “ඉගිලෙනවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
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