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2.1 Vowels 2

ඍ

The ninth letter in the alphabet. The sound of which is in Sanskrit = ṛi in English, which sound is retained in some Sanskrit words, naturalized in the Sinhalese language, while in others it is = ru. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter.

ඍතුව (ṛtuva) - season

ඍණ (ṛṇa) - negative

ඍජු (ṛju) - straight

ඍෂි (ṛṣi) - a saint or holy person (in Hindu mythology)

එ

The 13th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'hay', e in 'men' or e in 'engage'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.

එක (eka) - one

එකම (ekama) - only

එන්න (enna) - come

එල්ලනවා (ellanava) - hang

එළුවා (eḷuvā) - goat

එළදෙන (eḷadena) - cow

එඬේරා (en̆ḍērā) - shepherd

එලිය (eliya) - light

එදා (edā) - that other day

එකතුව (ekatuva) - sum

ඒ

The 14th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'made'. It takes the sound of the vowel එ held long. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.

ඒකාන්ත (ēkānta) - verily/truly

ඒක (ēka) - that/alone/solitary/that thing

ඒවා (ēvā) - those

ඒනිසා (ēnisā) - therefor/so

ඒකා (ēkā) - that fellow

ඓ

The 15th letter of the alphabet. It is a diphthong. It sounds like i in 'while'. On other hand We can say it sounds like the name of the letter "I" in English. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter.

ඓතිහාසික (aitihāsika) - historical

ඓශ්වර්යය (aiśvaryaya) - splendor/omnipotence

ඔ

The 16th letter of the alphabet. It has the sound of o in 'olive'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.

ඔටුන්න (oṭunna) - diadem/crown

ඔටුවා (oṭuvā)- camel

ඔත්තුකාරයා (ottukārayā) - spy

ඔක්කොම (okkoma) - all/everyone

ඔට්ටුව (oṭṭuva) - wager/bet/stake

ඔතනවා (otanavā) - wrap

ඔවුන් (ovun)- they

ඔරුව (oruva) - canoe

ඔරවනවා (oravanavā) - stare

ඔලුව (oluva) - head

ඕ

The 17th letter of the alphabet. It takes the sound of the vowel ඔ held long as o in 'stone'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.

ඕපාදූප (ōpādūpa) - gossip/insinuation

ඕලු (ōlu) - Lotus

ඖ

The 18th letter and the last vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like ou in 'our'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There isn't many words begin with this letter.

ඖෂධ (auṣadha) - drugs/medicine

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