වම

Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit වාම (vāma, “left”).^[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Check if inherited; cf grāma > gama.”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʋəmə]

Noun

වම • (wama)^[2]

left (side)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́ma¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 673: “Si. vam (vam-a 'the left')”
^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “වම”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 563.

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́ma¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 673: “Si. vam (vam-a 'the left')”

[2] Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “වම”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 563.

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