Sinhalese káṇḍa (2)
According to Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary, Sinhalese word káṇḍa means “arrow; part, portion; chapter, section; stalk or stem, the part of the trunk of a tree whence the branches proceed; cluster; opportunity, season; water; kind of sugar cane, Saccharum sara; and implement. It traces its origin to the Tamil root kaṇṭu through the transformation of kaṇṭu > kāṇḍa > káṇḍa. The following words, related to Sinhalese káṇḍa, also originate from Tamil kaṇṭu.
káṇḍakára, “betel nut, fruit of the areca tree.”