Sinhalese luṇu (21)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word luṇu means “fire and heat.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root aṟuttal through the transformation of aṟuttal > lavaṇá > luṇu. The following words, related to Sinhalese luṇu, also originate from the Tamil root aṟuttal.
luṇu, salt; the saline taste. luṇukara, salt mine. luṇukara-bima, saline soil. luṇu-gánawá, to salt. luṇu-damanawá, to salt. luṇu-dehi, salt-lime. luṇu-máḷu, salt-fish. lú, cutting; placing. lúna, cut. lawa, cutting; loss, destruction; reaping; smallness, littleness; minute division of time, the sixtieth part of the twinkling of an eye; hair, wool cut from domestic animals. lawaka, reaper, mower. lawaṇa, general name for salt; cutting, reaping. lawaṇatraya, the three common salts, namely, sea salt, rock salt or fossil salt, factitious salt. lawaṇáshṭaka, the eight principal salts as enumerated by native practitioners. lawaṇóttama, nitre; rock or river salt. lawaṇòda, sea of salt water. lawana, cutting, reaping. lavitra, sickle, small reaping hook. láwaṇya, beauty, loveliness; saltness. kála-lawaṇa, factitious and purgative salt.