අනු පාශර්‍ව, a. at the side, lateral, පැත්තට අයිතිවු.

අබි මුව, n. E. of අභිමුඛ.

අ පත්වෙනවා, v. i. to depart, decease, pass away, තුරන්වෙනවා, මැරෙනවා.

අව දාත, a. white, සුදු, clean, clear, පිරිසිදු.

අව හිර කබාය, n. strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat.

අනු මරණය, n. associated death, dying with, sutteeism, එක්ව-අනුව-මැරිම.

අවුණනවා, v. See අමුණනවා.

අච්චුව, n. punishment, chastisement: mould, matrix, die or stamp; model. E. S.

අඩි තාලම, n. (අඩි foot, තාලම් ground) foundation.

අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.