Talk:List of Sinhala words of English origin

Good list[edit]

We need to find the appropriate references such as the dictionary listings to validate these entries.RaveenS 23:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Expand this article[edit]

Give reasons why this is an encylopedia artile not just a list of words. Describe how Sinhalese came about these words, there effect etc.RaveenS 13:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some of these words are from other languages[edit]

I list them here because they might be added back by some other people.

birōva Bureau Bureau

From Dutch. This is evident from the [i]< Dutch [y]

bōlaya Ball Ball

looks very Portuguese to me

departamentuva Department Department

should also be Portuguese because of the dental [t], the [a] before the [m] and the ending in [u]

distrikkaya District District

Either Portuguese or Dutch because of dental [t]. If it were from English, it would be disʈrikkaya. I think it is Dutch because in Portuguese, there is no <c> as of now (although there was 500 years ago.)

komisama Comission Comission

Also Portuguese, because of the -m, derived from -ão

kompāsuva Compass Compass

Portuguese because of the [u]

kōcciya Train Coach

might rather be from Portuguese coche

läyistuva List List

Is clearly from Dutch lijst

petsama Petition Petition

Is probably Portuguese because of the dropped vowel and the ending in a nasal

Jasy jatere 16:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]