Talk:List of Sinhala words of English origin

Good list
We need to find the appropriate references such as the dictionary listings to validate these entries.RaveenS 23:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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Give reasons why this is an encylopedia artile not just a list of words. Describe how Sinhalese came about these words, there effect etc.RaveenS 13:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Some of these words are from other languages
I list them here because they might be added back by some other people.


 * birōva	Bureau	Bureau
 * From Dutch. This is evident from the [i]< Dutch [y]


 * bōlaya	Ball	Ball
 * looks very Portuguese to me


 * departamentuva	Department	Department
 * should also be Portuguese because of the dental [t], the [a] before the [m] and the ending in [u]


 * distrikkaya	District	District
 * Either Portuguese or Dutch because of dental [t]. If it were from English, it would be disʈrikkaya. I think it is Dutch because in Portuguese, there is no  as of now (although there was 500 years ago.)


 * komisama	Comission	Comission
 * Also Portuguese, because of the -m, derived from -ão


 * kompāsuva	Compass	Compass
 * Portuguese because of the [u]


 * kōcciya	Train	Coach
 * might rather be from Portuguese coche


 * läyistuva	List	List
 * Is clearly from Dutch lijst


 * petsama	Petition	Petition
 * Is probably Portuguese because of the dropped vowel and the ending in a nasal

Jasy jatere 16:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)