Dictionary of Proverbs of the Sinhalese Including Also Their Adages, Aphorisms, Apologues, Apothegms, Bywords, Dictums, Maxims, Mottoes, Precepts, Saws, and Sayings, Together with the Connected Myths, Legends, and Folk-tales |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 4 |
Section 3 | 5 |
Section 4 | 9 |
Section 5 | 13 |
Section 6 | 20 |
Section 7 | 21 |
Section 8 | 31 |
Section 13 | 59 |
Section 14 | 69 |
Section 15 | 89 |
Section 16 | 137 |
Section 17 | 141 |
Section 18 | 144 |
Section 19 | 145 |
Section 20 | 154 |
Section 9 | 45 |
Section 10 | 47 |
Section 11 | 52 |
Section 12 | 53 |
Section 21 | 159 |
Section 22 | 162 |
Section 23 | 168 |
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Dictionary of Proverbs of the Sinhalese: Including Also Their Adages ... John M. Senaveratna No preview available - 1936 |
Common terms and phrases
AMBALAMA amude arrack asked BADÁLÁ BALIYA bark black crow blind Brahman brinjals BUDDHA BUDDHISM bull CAKE cattle Ceylon CHAMELEON child-see CHILDREN cobra coconut congee crane crow dance deaf death DEER DEVIL dhoby eaten EDUCATION Ehela elephant elephant-see father fish flesh fool fowl frog fruit Gama-rála gavva give gold goldsmith Goraka hand hand-see head-see JAGGERY jump jungle Kalutara district kevum King Kohila KOHOMBA KORAVA kurakkan labba labu-gediya láha man-see man's MARRIAGE milk monkey MOORMAN mother mouth mouth-see one's paddy PANHINDA Pansil PLANTAIN Priest proverb rice river rock-see RODIYA Sansk Sinhalese Sinhalese Folklore SNAKE story swallowed Tamby Tamils say teeth THIEF TIGER timba TODDY tortoise tree tree-see VEDARÁLA Vedda village water-see wife woman අත ඇති එක කට කියා කීවා වගෙයි ගියා වගෙයි දිය නම් නැති නැතිලු නැහැ නොවෙයි බත් බැරි බැරිලු බැහැ මෙනි යන වගෙයි වඩා හොඳලු