Sinhalese khaṇḍa (19)
According to Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary, Sinhalese word khaṇḍa means “piece, part, bit, and small quantity.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root kaṇṭu through the transformation of kaṇṭu > khaṇḍa > khaṇḍa. The following words, related to Sinhalese khaṇḍa, also originate from Tamil kaṇṭu.
kaḍa, “piece, part, fragment; halfmoon, arrow; rag, bit of cloth; boutiques.” kaḍada, “half, part.” kaḍadat, “possessing only one half of the original teeth, the rest having disappeared by age.” kaḍanawá, “to break; to part; to tear; to separate, pluck; to detach.” kẹḍuṇ and kẹḍum, “to break or cut.” kẹḍíma, “act of breaking.” kẹḍena, “breaking.” kẹḍenawá, “to break.” khaṉḍa, “flaw in a jewel; treacle or molasses, piece, part, fragment, portion; chapter, section; sugar.” khaṉḍaguḍa, “sugar candy.” khaṇḍa-parṣu, “he whose axe cuts everything to pieces; name of Paraṣuráma; Ṣiva; Ráhu the personified ascending node.” khaṇḍa-paraṣu, “name of Ṣiva alluding to his cutting his enemies in pieces by a hatchet.” khaṇḍaphulla, “broken.” khaṇḍa-ṣarkará and khaṇḍasitá, “sugar candy.” akhaṇḍa, “all, entire, unbroken, inviolate.” akhaṇḍakaraṇawá, “not to violate, not to break; also, to violate, to break.”