Sinhalese awa (46)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word awa means “down, downwards, down from, away, diminution, disrespect, bad, a negative and privative particle.” It is an offshoot of the Tamil root ava through the transformation of ava > áva > awa. The following words, related to Sinhalese awa, also originate from Tamil ava.
awakshepa, throwing insult, reproach. awakaruṇáwa, unkindness, displeasure. awakriyáwa, misdeed, bad conduct. awakẹpima, saying something inauspicious, contradiction, an ill omen. awagati, knowledge; in general, bad temper, viciousness, misbehaviour. awagíta, detested, reproached, blamed, publicly censured, vile, wicked. awaguṇa, bad, vile, mean; bad or evil temper, unkindness. awańka, not crooked, straight, upright, frank, sincere. awacháritra, unbecoming behaviour, bad manners, bad course of life. awajáta, base born, illegitimate. awajñá, disrespect. awatáraya, descent; this word is used by various oriental nations to express the incarnation of their deities, or their descent from heaven to earth. awatírṇṇa, descending, alighting upon. awatírṇṇawa, part, having descended. awatírṇṇawú, see awatírṇṇa. awadya, fault, sin; disagreeable, disliked; low. awanaḍu, (bad, judgment) perverted judgment, injustice. awanambu, dishonour, disrespect. awa-paya, the left foot. awapáta, (down, to go or fall) descent, descending; hole or pit in the ground for catching game in. awamaṇgalya, see awamańgalya. awamagula, see awamańgalyaya. awamańgalya, unfortunate, inauspicious, calamitous, unhappy. awamańgalyaya, any calamitous event; funeral ceremony. awamata, (implying contempt, known) despised, contemned. awamati, (bad, thought) disregard, contempt. awaman, see awamánnaya. awamarda, devastation, laying waste a country. awamasa, (implying depreciation, month) the dark fortnight. awamánna, disgraceful, shameful. disreputableness, disgrace. awamánnaya, disrespect, dishonour, disgrace. awamánita, despised, disrespected. awarṇa, censure, blame; colourless; mean, bad, low; the vowels a and á. awarodha, (and rudha to inclose or shut up) seraglio of a palace, queen’s apartments; covering, obstruction, hindrance. awalakshaṇa, ugly, not handsome. awalagna, not firm, not adhering; waist. awalaṉgu, illegal. awalaṇgu, gal, counterfeit; not passable; abrogated, withered, lifeless. awawádaya, (speech) censure, blame, reproach; command, order; advice, warning, admonition. awaṉishṭa, left. awaṣesha, rest, remainder. awasandhi, (joint) disjointed, dislocated. awasandhi-karaṇawá, to disjoint, to dislocate. awasésa, that which remains, rest, remainder. awáchí, a dumb; also looking down, headlong; south, the south quarter which is considered as below.