Sri Lankan English - Updates and Corrections

This section contains updates to the dictionary, based partly on comments from readers. The pages are ordered alphabetically, and each page is divided into 2 parts: New Entries, and Comments and Corrections. Click on the initial letter to view each set of entries.

These pages are updated regularly; please contact me if you have any suggestions or feedback which can be included.

Latest update: November 2009. New additions are in red.
This month's update features new entries and quotes from 2 books published this year:

The Moon in the Water, by Ameena Hussein (Perera Hussein 2009)
Theravada Man, by Manuka Wijesinghe (Bay Owl 2009)

These pages include quotes taken from the following books:

Fifteen, by Ameena Hussein (ICES 1999)
Sam’s Story, by Elmo Jayawardena (Vijitha Yapa 2001)
The Good Little Ceylonese Girl, by Ashok Ferrey (author publication 2006)
The Banana Tree Crisis, by Isankya Kodithuwakku (Vijitha Yapa 2006)
The Sweet and Simple Kind, by Yasmine Gooneratne (Perera Hussein 2006)
Can You Hear me Running, by Lal Medawattegedara (Zeus 2007)
Rainbows in Braille, by Elmo Jayawardena (author publication 2007)
The Mango Tree, by Anthea Senaratna (author publication 2008)
Learning to Fly, by Shehani Gomes (Perera Hussein 2008)
Stable Horses, by Vihanga Perera (author publication 2008)

NEW ENTRIES:

A	accident ward, adi poya, Ahikuntika, airlift, amuredi, annexed, auspicious time
B	backhoe, bank holiday, bare-bodied, Basnayake Nilame, batana, bhakthi gee, b-i-i-g, biscuit packet, body wash, bothal karaya, the boys, break (a house), break (cobwebs), bro, buckled, buddy, budu ge
C	cal, call sb to their house, car wash, cast (a horoscope), casual leave, cent, Ceylonese, chikungunya, chimney lamp, Cinnamon Gardens, coconut flower, coconut husker, cowpea, CR book, cut sb off, cut-out
D	deffa, del chips, dessert, district, doctor Sunny, domiciled, I doubt, dukkha
E	early evening, EGB, elephant corridor, encomium, engagement ceremony, estate Tamil
F	fine one, fine thing, fit-on room, footboard traveller, for an example, foreigner, foreign liquor, fruits/foods, fujigraph
G	game over, garment factory, gas bottle, Gate Mudaliyar, gem pit, go down, good self, GOSL, grinding stone
H	hadu, half, hammer, handphone, I hate, hell of a thing!, here and there, hill capital, hopper pan, human-elephant conflict
I	icing cake, idda, INGO, is it?, isn't it?, isso vadai
J	jam bottle, jaramara, jingbang
K	kade paan, Kaffir, kaffringna, kambi, kankun, katta, kavi, keep, kehel kana, kekka, kerosene oil, kids, Kili, kudda, kutti
L	Landmaster, land phone, learners, I like, lobaya, loose, love match
M	mala batha, masala vadai, matchbox, match over, milk bread, mouth, muhurath, mulgedera, Muslim law, Mw
N	nadaswaran, nail, Necto, nephew/niece, NGO sector, nil manel, Nittaewo, non-a/c, no use of doing sth
O	oruwa, our boys, our one, overlook
P	palayakat sarong, palmyrah fence, parana coat man, patana, PC, pen drive, photo catcher, pilimage, polos mallung, pound (rice), pre-poya, principal, province, public holiday, punt
R	Rajarata, ratnamalu, reload, rice pounder, ring cut, Ruhunu
S	sapodilla, sardine, satakaya, sauce, see will you!, semi-luxury bus, servants' toilet, sick note campaign, Sinhalisation, sis, soap piece, solid, song and dance type, South, spare wheel, sports meet, stringhopper mould, sugar bun
T	tak tik tuk, talipot palm, tea planter, telephone shower, tooth relic, treacle, tri-services, T-shirt, tuition class
U	upcountry Tamil, uplift
V	vulcanising
W	wala, Wayamba, what for..., whole day, wounded, write