Sri Lankan English - Updates R

This page contains updates to the dictionary beginning with the letter R. It is divided into 2 parts: New Entries, and Comments and Corrections. Click here to return to the main updates page, or on the links on the left side of the page to go to another letter.

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Latest update: July 2010. New additions are in red.

NEW ENTRIES:

Rajarata: the ancient kingdom in the north-central part of Sri Lanka, with its capital in Anuradhapura and later Polonnaruwa; the term is still used to refer to the North-Central Province
(> Ruhunu)
“The Rajarata,” he said proudly. “Land of the Ancient Sinhala Kings.” (Serendipity, by Ashok Ferrey, page 152)

ratnamalu: a pink variety of banana (Sinhala)
(Click here to see a photograph)

reload: credit added to a mobile phone account

rice pounder: a large pestle (molgaha) and mortar (vangediya) used for pounding rice to make rice flour
… the dull rhythm of a rice-pounder as the domestics of the Soysa family next door prepared breakfast for the household. (The Sweet and Simple Kind, by Yasmine Gooneratne, page 508)

ring cut: (on a mobile phone) dialling someone’s number and immediately cutting off so they can see the missed call
u give me a ring cut and i will come out and wait (SMS message)

roofing sheets: corrugated metal or asbestos sheets used for roofing

Ruhunu: the ancient kingdom in the south of Sri Lanka, with its capital in Tissamaharama; the term is still used to refer to the Southern Province (> Rajarata)



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