Sri Lankan English

This page contains updates to the dictionary beginning with the letter V. 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: December 2011. New additions are in red.

NEW ENTRIES:

vannam: a type of Kandyan dance (Sinhala)

vernacular school: a school which teaches in the medium of Sinhala or Tamil language (also used in Malaysia)
> The term is dated in this sense in BSE, where vernacular normally refers to the everyday speech of a particular group of people (as opposed to more formal written language).

vinaya: rules of Buddhist conduct (Sinhala)
“You are right, but these are the vinaya rules.” (Theravada Man, by Manuka Wijesinghe, page 192)

vulcanising: repairing punctured tyres (also India, etc.)

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