Elu
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Elu is the name given to the ancient form of the Sinhala language. R.C Childers in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society states that Elu (also Helu) "is the name by which is known an ancient form of the Sinhalese language from which the modern vernacular of Ceylon is immediately derived, and to which the latter bears something of the same relation that the English of today bears to Anglo-Saxon...The name Elu is no other than Sinhala much corrupted, standing for an older form, Hĕla or Hĕlu, which occurs in some ancient works, and this again for a still older, Sĕla, which brings us back to the Pali Sîhala."
Elu is considered by some scholars to be a type of Prakrit while others contend it is entirely native to Sri Lanka. The Hela Havula are a Sri Lankan literary organization that advocate the use of the Elu terms over the Sanskritic ones. Elu is often referred to by modern Sinhalese as "Hela Sinhala", meaning original Sinhala.
| Elu Term | Sanskritic Term | Pali Term | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| äsa | akshiya | akkhi | eye |
| akura | aksharaya | akkhara | letter |
| aruta | artaya | meaning | |
| ahasa | ākāshaya | ākāsa | sky |
| asuna | āsanaya | āsana | seat |
| bambu | Brahma | Brahma | |
| bamburā | barbara | barbarian | |
| basa | bāshāva | language | |
| bima | bhūmiya | land | |
| bubula | budbuda | bubbula | bubble |
| boduna | bhōjanaya | bhojana | food |
| bubula | budbuda | bubbula | bubble |
| bōsat | bōdhisattva | bōdhisatta | Bodhisattva |
| dahama, dam | dharmaya | dhamma | Dharma |
| dakuna | dakshina | dakkhina | south |
| devola | devālaya | temple | |
| diga, digu | dhīrga | dīgha | long |
| diviya | jīvitaya | jīvita | life |
| dudana, dujana | durjana | wicked, malicious | |
| dujanā | durnajayā | wicked person | |
| dukata | dushkrita | wicked deed | |
| dulaba | durlabha | rare | |
| duma | druma | dhūma | smoke |
| gata | gātraya | gatta | body |
| gatakura | gātraakshara | consonant | |
| karuvā | kāraya | person | |
| keta | kshētraya | khetta | field |
| kiDa | krīDāva | sport | |
| kila | kīlāva | sport | |
| kinu | krishna | dark | |
| kumarā | kumārayā | prince | |
| kumari | kumāri | princecess | |
| kuriru | krūra | kurūra | cruel |
| lassana | lakshana | beautiful | |
| lowa | lōkaya | world | |
| maga | mārgaya | mway | |
| magula | mangalaya | marriage | |
| matura | mantraya | incancation | |
| mäda | madhyama, madhya | middle | |
| mituraā | mitrayā | mitta | friend |
| mudu | mrudu | mudu | soft |
| muwa | mukha | mukha | mouth |
| mädura | madiraya | palace | |
| mula | moolikaawa | mūla | origin |
| näba | nābhiya | nābhi | navel |
| näva | naukāwa | ship | |
| neta | nētraya | netta | eye |
| nidana | nidhānaya | nidhāna | treasure |
| nimala | nirmala | nimmala | pure |
| nipana | nishpanna | production | |
| nivana | nirvānaya | nibbana | Nirvana |
| nuvara | nagaraya | nagara | city |
| pamana | pramānaya | amount | |
| parapura | paramparāva | generation | |
| pänaya | prashnaya | problem, question | |
| pava | pāpaya | sin | |
| pavasa | pipāsaya | pipāsam | thirst |
| parana | purāna | old | |
| parusa | parusha | harsh | |
| pasana | prasanna | pleasant | |
| pāsala | pāTashālāva | school | |
| pavaruna | prakaranaya | treatise | |
| pätuma | prārtanāva | wish, hope | |
| pedesa | pradēshaya | country | |
| pema | prēmaya | pema | love |
| piduma | pūjāva | offering | |
| pina | punya | merit | |
| pokuna | pokkharaneeya | pond | |
| pun | pura, pūrna | full | |
| pupa | pushpaya | flower | |
| puva | pūrva | former, prior | |
| puvata | pravūrtiya | news | |
| rada | rajā | king | |
| rakusā | rakshayā | demon | |
| ratu, rat | rakta | red | |
| räsa | rashmiya | ray | |
| räya | rātriya | night | |
| ruva | rūpaya | shape, form | |
| sanda | candraya | moon | |
| sena | sēnāva | army | |
| sirura | sharēraya | body | |
| soyuraa, sohowuraa | sahōdarayā | brother | |
| sonduru | sundara | beautiful | |
| supina | swapnaya | dream | |
| vesak | vaishāka | Vesak |
