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... Sinhalese refers to a ' fox ' . ence . ii . " Nari bæna " meaning ' wolf son - in - law ' is a literary refer- 404 . nautch / n333 / i . " Leonard Woolf in his autobiography talks of a nautch girl in Jaffna . " i . " Nautch " is an ...
... Sinhalese refers to a ' fox ' . ence . ii . " Nari bæna " meaning ' wolf son - in - law ' is a literary refer- 404 . nautch / n333 / i . " Leonard Woolf in his autobiography talks of a nautch girl in Jaffna . " i . " Nautch " is an ...
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... Sinhalese , referring to the Buddhist concept of ' merit . ' In this case ... Sinhalese refers to the ' dew on early morning grass . ' According to Ayurveda ... refer to the chanting ceremony conducted by Buddhist monks . There are ...
... Sinhalese , referring to the Buddhist concept of ' merit . ' In this case ... Sinhalese refers to the ' dew on early morning grass . ' According to Ayurveda ... refer to the chanting ceremony conducted by Buddhist monks . There are ...
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... refer to ' records ' or ' registers . ' It is from the Portuguese word ... Sinhalese ( originally Malay ) refers to a 546 . thora / toor ^ / i . " We ... Sinhalese word . " Thalapath " is another kind of fish . ii . " Thoras " is used in ...
... refer to ' records ' or ' registers . ' It is from the Portuguese word ... Sinhalese ( originally Malay ) refers to a 546 . thora / toor ^ / i . " We ... Sinhalese word . " Thalapath " is another kind of fish . ii . " Thoras " is used in ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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