Sinhalese ela (44)
According to Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary, Sinhalese word ela means “white.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root el through the transformation of el > ela. The following words, related to Sinhalese ela, also originate from Tamil el.
elakaraṇawá, to bleach, to make white. ela-luhunu, white onions. ela-wará, see helawará. elawurá, light red, pink. elaḷu, complexion, a fair complexion, light red, brown. elilí, light red, copper coloured. ẹli, white. ẹli-ẹtá, white elephant. ẹli-waṉdurá, white monkey. ẹli-sawarama, white whisk. se, colour white. sé, rays; colour white. sékara, moon. hel, white. helmẹli, white esculent water lily, Nymphaea lotus. hela, whiteness. hela-aba, white mustard. hela-ítana, grass, variety of Heteropogon hirtus. hela-eṉḍaru, variety of the castor oil plant. hela-kaṇéru, plant, Nerium odorum, or Plumeria alba. hela-kiribadu, variety of Ipomoea digitata. hela-kihiri, pale variety of Acacia suma. hela-kuḍaya, white umbrella. hela-tam̲bara, white lotus. hela-toṭila, plant, variety of Bignonia indica. hela-dam, white sort of daṇ fruit. hela-nika, white variety of Vitex negundo. hela-nelam̲bu, hela-nelum, white water lily variety of Nelumbium speciosum. hela-paḷol, variety of Stereospermum suaveolens. hela-piyum, see helanelum. hela-baṭu, variety of eggplant, Solanum xanthocarpum. hela-bintam̲buru, variety of Ipomoea baladamboe. helam̲bula, white water lily, or variety of Nymphoea lotus. hela-mahanel, variety of Nymphaea stellata. hela-lùnu, garlic, Allium sativum. hela-lot, pale variety of the lódh tree, Symplocos racemosa. hela-wada, variety of shoe flower, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. hela-wadakasá, white variety of orris root or sweet flag, Acorus calamus. hela-wará, white variety of Calotropis gigantea. hela-saṉdun, white variety of sandal wood, Santalum album. hẹli, white, of a white colour. hẹli-dam̲ba, white jamhu, Jambosa vulgaris.