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Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs , which are known as prastā piruḷu ( ප්රස්තා පිරුළු ) in Sinhala.
To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Early Christians used the gesture to implore the protection of the Holy Cross. [ 1 ] The gesture is referred to by the common expressions "cross your fingers", "keep your fingers crossed", or just "fingers crossed".
Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්රීසි–සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga.
Sinhala dialects are the various minor variations of Sinhalese language which are based on the locale (within Island of Sri Lanka) and the social classes and social groups (e.g. university students). Most of the slang are common across all dialects.
Okay sign Peace sign. A-OK or Okay, made by connecting the thumb and forefinger in a circle and holding the other fingers straight, usually signal the word okay.It is considered obscene in Brazil and Turkey, being similar to the Western extended middle finger with the back of the hand towards the recipient.
The holding up of one hand with middle and index fingers crossed was the usual gesture found in New Zealand in 1999–2001. The T-shape was also used when saying time-out. [16] The time-out gesture is made with two hands – one hand held horizontally, palm down, the other hand vertically with the fingertips touching the bottom of the ...
Sinhala letters are ordered into two sets. The core set of letters forms the pure Sinhala (Sinhala: ශුද්ධ සිංහල, romanized: śuddha siṃhala alphabet, which is a subset of the mixed Sinhala Sinhala: මිශ්ර සිංහල, romanized: miśra siṃhala alphabet . The definition of the two sets is thus a historic one.
Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of Portuguese origin came about during the period of Portuguese colonial rule in Sri Lanka between 1505–1658. This period saw rapid absorption of many Portuguese words into the local language ...