තැතිගන්නවා

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Sinhalese

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit *त्रस्ति (trasti, “trembling”) +‎ ගන්නවා (gannawā, “take”), with the first element from त्रस् (tras).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tætiɡənːəwaː]

Verb

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තැතිගන්නවා • (tætigannawā)[2]

  1. to quake, quail, tremble, fear

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*trasti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 342: “Si. tätiya 'fear, trembling'”
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “තැතිගන්නවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
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