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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robin Hood of Sherwood" data-source="post: 16615588" data-attributes="member: 379618">Examples of Equating People with AnimalsFor the purpose of swearing, for fun, and as nicknames, it is a common practice in any language/culture to equate people with animals. Each language/culture has popular set of such animals references used for this purpose. Each animal represents a particular set of characteristic which can be positive or negative. In any culture, usually an animal like 'Pig' is used with negative connotation and an animal like 'Lion' with positive connotation.ඇඹලයා - Type of an Ant which are drawn to sweet stuff. Refers to a male who is drawn to females a lot.බල්ලා - Dog- Generally bad or dislikable personබකමූණා - (Owl)- Moody person who does not smile at all!!බස්සා / මූකලන් බස්සා - Owlet - One who responds with a grunt or "HMMM" in conversations.බැල්ලි () - Exactly the same usage as 'Bitch' and literally translates to 'Bitch'. Patta Bælli (පට්ට බැල්ලි) is a very offensive term. Bællige Putha (බැල්ලිගෙ පුතා) translates literally to 'son-of-a-bitch' and means exactly the same.Booruwa (බූරුවා) - Donkey. Refers to a silly person causing damages due to lack of knowledge. Derivative is Puththalam Booruwa (පුත්තලම් බූරුවා), which literally means donkey whose origin is 'Puttalam'. Also used sarcastically for describing the age (i.e. 'Puttalam booruwo dennekge wayasa' (පුත්තලම් බූරුවෝ දෙන්නෙක්ගෙ වයස) means 'As old as two Puttalam donkeys').Gal Aanda (ගල් ආඳා) - (Type of Eel) Elusive, Doggy, Cunning type of person."'Gas Balla"' (ගස් බල්ලා) - (offensive term) Doggy, could be used on a meaner person than called 'dog'Gas Gemba (ගස් ගෙම්බා) - Tree Frog. - Dislikable slimy person.Gas Goana (ගස් ගෝනා) - Literally 'Tree Dwelling Sambar. Also used in rural dialects, as a substitute colloquial term for Monkey. The reason for the name is due to the fact that Monkey (Langur) meat is sometimes used a sa substitute for Sambar meat. Used as a derogatory nickname.ගස් බල්ලා - Generally badly or dislikable personගැරඬියා - Dislikable slithery personGini Kikili (ගිනි කිකිලි) - (Firely Hen) - Refers to an attractive and female. Similar to the English slang Bimbo.Gona (ගොනා) or Haraka (හරකා) or Mee haraka (මී හරකා) or Eladena (එළදෙන) - (Bull, Buffalo, Cow)Hikanala (හිකනලා) - Skink - Used to call people without any strength (e.g. Eka hikanala vage apahu giye. (ඒකා හිකනලා වගේ ආපහු ගියේ.))Koka (කොකා) - (Heron) Nick name for a skinny tall person.Kunakatuwa - (Hump Nosed Viper) - Person with a unlikable character who is envious of other people.Kukula (කුකුළා) - (Rooster or Cock) - Flirtious (male) person. Sometimes means 'womanizer'. Kukul kenthikaraya (කුකුළ් කේන්තිකාරයා) means 'Short tempered one'.Nariya (නරියා) - (Jackall) - Nick name or an Insult. Unlikeable person.Naya (නයා) - (Cobra) - Used to refer to a short tempered or revengeful person.Oora (ඌරා) - (Pig) - Used to refer to an unhygienic or gluttony person.Otuwa (ඔටුවා) - (Camel) - Odd person. (e.g. Æi api otuwoda? (ඇයි අපි ඔටුවොද?))Polos Kottoruwa (පොළොස් කොට්ටෝරුවා) - (Large Green Barbet is an Asian Barbet) Used as a nickname.Sinhaya (සිංහයා) - (Lion) - Brave, person with good principles.Wandura (වඳුරා) - (Monkey) - Nick name or an insult to a male, refering to hisbad looks or being dark. Wændiri (වැඳිරි) is the female version.Slang and Euphemisms for Body parts, Intimate Wear, and Bodily functions[සංස්කරණය]Boga (බොග)‍or Bo<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite23" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs down    (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" />ga (බොඟ) - Partially taboo word which means excrement. Boga Charge (බොග චාජ්)රෙනවා means having a nature call. Etymology might be linked to English slang BogChoo (චූ) or Chu (චූ) - Urine. Hujja (හුජ්ජ) is a more vulgar/colloquial term for urine, which is not used by upper social segments.Chu karanawa (චූ කරනවා) or Choo Danawa (චූ දානවා) means to pass urine. Dotta Yanawa (දොට්ට යනවා) is a colloquial and rather outdated slang for urinating. Sinduwak Kiyanawa, Haawek Allanna Yanawaa - TBADayal eka (ඩයල් එක) - The face (e.g. Dekala purudu dayal ekak (දැකලා පුරුදු ඩයල් එකක්) means 'A familiar face') or the personality person (e.g. Oonam maara dayal ekak (ඌනම් මාර ඩයල් එකක්) means 'What a guy is he'). Etimology is the English word: 'dial'. This term is mostly used to refer to the personality or demeanor than the 'face' of a person.Eli Bahinawa (එළි බහිනවා) - Outdated colloquial slang for defecation. Not used by urban community.Goo (ගූ) - Vulgar reference to Feces. Has similar usage as English term 'shit'. Varchas (වර්චස්) which is also an archiac formal term for excrementJoka (ජොකා) - Male underwear. Derived from Jockstrap. However, sometimes used to refer to any type of men's undergarment and not only Jockstrap. Jangiya is a similar umbrella term which refers to panties of all kind.Kabaraya (කබරයා) - vomit. Kabaraya Danawa (කබරයා දානවා) - to throw up (specially by a drunken person). Also the term Hotalaya (හෝටලය) is used to refer to a pile of vomit.Rata Bodiya (රට බොඩිය) or Bodiya (බොඩිය) - literally 'foreign bodice' - an outdated term used by non-urban community to refer to a modern bra. This term is no longer in day to day use.Pade (පඩේ) - Fart.Passa (පස්ස) - Backside or buttocks. And also to mean anus for children.Puka (පුක) - Means 'rectum' or sometimes buttocks. Not necessarily sexual. Not used in formal company; however regarded as mildly taboo. [1].Sinduwak Kiyanawa (සින්දුවක් කියනවා) - Literally 'Sing'. Well hidden euphemism to mean 'urinate', nature call (e.g. Mang tak gala sinduwak kiyala ennam (මං ටක් ගාලා සින්දුවක් කියලා එන්නම්))For following slang, refer to Examples of taboo Sexual Slang and Euphemisms section belowÆta (deka), Gala, Gedi (Deka), GÆta (Deka), Malli, Meeya,MÆ Æte, Nangi, Nuula, Pettiya, TopaExamples of Taboo Sexual Slang and Euphemisms[සංස්කරණය]Most of the sexual slang, euphemisms and sexual innuendo documented below has a strong male perspective. One reason being that this article is so far contributed mostly by males - supposedly, and the other reason being that the sexual slang anyway have strong male perspective to it, in Sri Lankan context (and in any cultural context for that matter). Irreverence and disrespect is a common trait in sexual slang. Especially the slang is sexist and disrespectful towards females. However, one can argue that slang is disrespectful towards everybody, and not just females. Otherwise well-meaning Sri Lankan male would resort to sexual slang when describing a situation of sexual nature to his peers, and that does not necessarily indicate that the he is sexist. Sexual slang documented below ranges from 'mild' to 'severe' and sometimes borders the 'extreme taboo' slang documented in a different section. It is advisable to avoid slang of this nature in decent company.අවයවඇට (දෙක - Testicles. 'Æta deka ugas thiyanawa (ඇට දෙක උගස් තියනවා), which literally means 'Pawning the testicles' is used among males in extreme financially tight situations where having no means of getting any money. (e.g. Æta deka ugas thiyalada yako umba okata gewanne? (ඇට දෙක උගස් තියලද යකෝ උඹ ඕකට ගෙවන්නෙ?) translates to 'How do you suppose I pay for it? By pawning the testicles?')ගල / ගල් දෙක - Thigh. (e.g. Ekita mara galak thiyenne (ඒකිට මාර ගලක් තියෙන්නෙ) means 'She has a very sexy smooth thigh'.) Gal Pradarshanaya (ගල් ප්‍රදර්ෂණය) - Literally 'Thigh Exhibition'. Refers to (usually a movie, where) several girls with revealing short skirts or situations which bares lot of skin on the leg (e.g. wind, underneath a stair-way).ගැට (දෙක)) - Small breasts (usually of underage or teenage girls')ගෙඩි (දෙක)) - Medium to large sized breasts.මල්ලි) - Literally 'younger brother'. Well hidden euphemism to refer to male genitalia. Especially used by females. Similarly Nangi (නංගි) (younger sister) and Kimba (කිම්බ) refers to the female genitalia. (e.g. Malli Dangawela (මල්ලි දඟ වෙලා) (sexually aroused), Malli Kelin (මල්ලි කෙලින්) (having an erection), Nangita saneepa næ (නංගිට සනීප නෑ) (having periods) etc.)මෑ ඇටේ) - Literally 'Bean'. Euphemism for the clitoris Mæ Mala (මෑ මල) also has the same usage.මල් වත්ත) - Penis or pubic hair of a male.මීයා) - Euphemism for the penis. Used mostly by young children and females.නූල) - Euphemism for the Frenulum of prepuce of penis The area on the underside of the penis, where the foreskin is attached.පෙට්ටිය) - Euphemism for Hymen and the Virginity. Mostly used in the context of Pettiya Kædenawa (පෙට්ටිය කැඩෙනවා) (see below).පොල්ල) - Penis ('Dick') and specially the 'Hardoned Dick'. (e.g. Polla kelin wela(පොල්ල කෙලින් වෙලා) means 'having a hard-on')ටොපා) - Glans penis. Derived from the word 'Top'.වල්ල) - Male genitalia or more specifically, the scrotumලිංගික ක්‍රියාආප්ප ගහනවා - Committing a lesbian sexual act, specifically Tribadism. Literally means 'hitting or touching hoppers' and suggests the etimology of the phrase. (e.g. Girls hostel eke aappa scene bahulai kiyala thamai aaranchi (ග'ල්ස් හොස්ටල් එකේ ආප්ප සීන් බහුලයි කියලා තමයි ආරන්චි) means 'It is heard that lesbian sex activities is a common practice in the girls' hostel'.)අල්ලනවා - Literally means touch or hold. When used in sexual context, means touching the genitalia or breasts. Sometimes used as a eupimishm to mean 'sucking up the hierarchy' similarly to Puka Denawa (පුක දෙනවා). (e.g. Nikang okunta allanna epa ban (නිකං ඕකුන්ට අල්ලන්න එපා බං) means 'Don't suck up to them'.)ඇඟිල්ල ගහනවා- Female masturbation or fingering of the vagina by another person.අරිනවා- Vaginal or anal penetration. Literally means release. (e.g. Raminduta porawal dethun denekma ærala thiyenawa (රමිදුට පොරවල් දෙතුන් දෙනෙක්ම ඇරලා තියෙනවා) means 'Several guys have fucked her'.) Also means getting 'used' in a non-sexual context. (e.g. Aroo apita arinnai enne (අරූ අපිට අරින්නයි එන්නේ) means 'He is up to doing something bad to us'.) Aninawa (අනිනවා) is also used similarly in both contexts. Ænna Pænna (ඇන්නා පැන්නා) is a well known phrase, which means 'ran away after using'.අතේ ගහනවා - Male masturbation or 'jacking off'. Wæla Adinawa (වැල අදිනවා) (literally 'pulling the line') is the campus version of this and it also is well known, although not mainstream. See 'Wæla' below.බඩුව - Young or attractive female (chick). බඩුවක් සෙට් වුනා - got friendly with a girl, බඩුවක් දා ගත්තා - got hitched with a girl, බඩුවක් ඉස්සුවා - managed to get the girl to a place where sexual exploration (making out, Necking) or sexual acts can be done.බඩු ගහනවා - having sex (with multiple women/prostitutes), promiscuous sexual behaviour. බඩු ගහනවා is significantly different from බඩුව ගහනවා which does not nessesorily imply promiscuity. ගොන්නු ගහනවා means having sex with prostitutes. (See the definition of Gona (ගොනා))බඩු ගියා (කැරි පනිනවා)- These two words when used together means 'ejaculated'. Can be shortened as Giya (ගියා).බච්චා කොල්ලා / බච්චා - Submissive male homosexual partner of underage. May have derived from the hindi word for the small boy Bachchaa.'දිව දානවා - Performing oral sex on a female, Cunnilingus. (e.g. Diva daala sæpak dennawath danne nædda? (දිව දාලා සැපක් දෙන්නවත් දන්නෙ නැද්ද?) means 'Don't (you) at least know how to give pleasure by performing cunnilingus?')ඇතුලෙ ගහනවා) - Full sexual intercourse. Literally means 'Fucking Internally' that is opposed to Gal Kapanawa (ගල් කපනවා) - (Intercrural Sex), Thalanawa (තලනවා) - (Dry Humping), or Katata Denava (කටට දෙනවා) - (Fellatio) which can be broadly categorized as Pita Gahahanawa (පිට ගහනවා) that literally means 'Fucking Externally'.ගල් කපනවා[2] (ගල් කපනවා) - Refers to penetration between the partners thighs, (or intercrural sex). In Sri Lankan context, this method is a common practice among teenage/young adult lovers as a safe sex practice without loosing virginity, and also regarded as a big achievement in romantic/erotic relationship. Also means the similar practice between male homosexuals.[2]ගල් කොල්ලා - Submissive male homosexual partner. Refers to intercrural sex.ගල් කාරයා - Dominating male homosexual person. Refers to intercrural sex. There is a spoof acronym used by youths called R. P. G. which stands for Rajaye Prasidda Galkaru (රජයේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ ගල්කරු) meaning 'Government Registered Homosexual'.Gona (ගොනා) - Prostitute, whore. Satha (සතා) is used as a further euphemism. Literal meaning of Gona is the Bull and the Satha is the beast. Etymology of this term is based on the fact that Gonorrhea (a form of STD) can be easily transmitted by prostitutes.[තහවුරු කරන්න]Jack Gahanawa (ජැක් ගහනවා) - Having sexual fantasy by Pressing genitalia against female commuters of crowded public transport such as buses, trains. This is embarrassingly common occarance that female commuters have to live with. Also note that it is very common for young and attractive male commuters to experience similar harassment from homosexual males. (in the case of male/male, it is more of Allanawa kind of acts than jack gahanawa). In Sri Lankan context, it is extremely rare for women to victimize men in this manner in public transportation, although there are instances of female to female sexual contact.(Baduwak) Kanawa - Somewhat outdated term which means excessive kissing (necking) and licking of body parts without removing lot of cloths(not to be confused with Diva Daanawa).කටට ගන්නවා' / කටට දෙනවා - Performing and receiving oral sex. FellatioKelin Wenawa - Getting an erection. Naginawa is also used. (uasge e.g. 'Athana inna baduage gala dekala Aruta negala' means 'That guy got a hard-on seeing that chick's leg')Kolu Kaaraya - Male homosexual. Kollo Gahanawa is the act of promiscuous homosexual behavior of a Kolu Karaya. Similarly Badu Kaaraya is used to refer to a sexually promiscuous hetrasexual person.නූල කැඩෙනවා හෝ නූල කඩාගන්නවා - male version of Pettiya Kædenawa and Pettiya Kada Gannawa (Just like with the case of Pettiya Kedeema, the event Noola Kedeema is not technically correct or proper means of verifying virginity. For most males, the Noola does not have any physical significance with the act of ලිංගික සංසර්ගය)පෙට්ටිය - Euphemism for hymen. Literally means box. Pettiya Kadanawa (පෙට්ටිය කඩනවා) - Former means de-flowering of a female by a male. Pettiya Kadaa Gannawa (පෙට්ටිය කඩා ගන්නවා) - The situation of loosing virginity.Polima (පෝළිම) - Euphemism for gang bang. Literally means 'the queue'. Can even mean Gang Rape (e.g seniors la detun denek freshiyekta polimak daala kiyala kata kathawak thiyenawa means 'There is rumor that couple of seniors have gang raped a fresher girl') (පෝලිමක් දානවා) - Doing Group Sex with a girlPol leligahanawa - Having sex with woman on top positionPita Yanawa (පිට යනවා) - Literal meaning 'going out' which refers to having extramarital relationship.Puka Denawa (පුක දෙනවා) - Submissive act of offering the anus for penetration. This especially used to refer to submissive male behavior in homo-erotic context. A derivative, Denawa (දෙනවා) when used by itself in this context, means the same. However, certain people (specially females) use this term to mean 'sucking up the hierarchy' sometimes even without knowing the etymology of the term.Puke Arinawa (පුකේ අරිනවා) - Anal penetration.Nidiwadinawa - Literally 'sleeping with' meaning having sexual intercourse.( non 'hip' outdated term)තලනවා - Simulating the body movements of a sexual intercourse, (Dry Humping) or any other forms of non-penetrative sex, while fully or partially clothed; hence without the risk of actual penetration, loss of virginity, pregnancy etc. Can also fefer to just touching and squeezing of female partners body parts, specially breasts.Thola Denawa (තොල දෙනවා) - Romantic/erotic kissing on the lips. Usually regarded as the 'first base' of sexual foreplay by young adults and adolescents in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lankan context this is regarded as the BIG first step in romantic/erotic relationship. The first base can eventually be followed by activities such as Athaganawa which refers to soft touching of the body which may include erotic zones such as Gala followed by මිරිකනවා which refers to touching and squeezing of body parts which may include Gedi. Acts such as Katata Denawa, Ethule Gahanawa are usually not in this line of romantic foreplay, till the relationship establishes in to a physical one (within marriage or pre-marriage). Acts like Puke Areema are regarded as sexual perversion.වැල - Porn. Wela baanawa - downloading porn from internet. Wela Pattara - Porno/Adult publications. The term Wela derives from the euphemisms for male masterbation Wela Adinawa."ane huke" (අනේ හුකේ)බැන වැදීම්Ado (අ‍ඩෝ) - Means 'Hey' or 'Oi'. Offensive when not used between friends.Bambuwa (බම්බුව) - Literally means Bamboo rod. Means 'nonsense'. Bambu gahapan! (බම්බු ගහපන්) usually means 'No way, get lost'Kehelmala (කෙ‍හෙල්මල) - Literally means Banana Foliage. Used to mean 'nonsense'. (e.g. Mona kehelmalakda! (මොන කෙ‍හෙල්මලක්ද!) means 'What nuisance' or 'What nonsense'.)Magula (මගුල) - Literally means 'wedding ceremony' or simply 'ceremony'. But used to mean 'nuisance' or 'nonsense'. Mona magulakda - (e.g. Mona magulakda manda (මොන මගුලක්ද මන්දා?) means What the hell is this?, Mata me magula karala epawewa (මට ‍මේ මගුල කරලා එපා ‍වෙලා) means 'I am fed up with this shit').පරයා) - Means 'outcast' or 'outsider'. Always offensive. Paratti (පරට්ටි) is the female version. Usually used prefixed to some other offensive word. (e.g. Paratta Belli (පරට්ට බැල්ලි) literally translates as 'outcast bitch')Ponnaya (පොන්නයා), Ponsiya or Pontiya - Umbrella term for all submissive Transgender people, Eunuch, or submissive male homosexual. Abusive word for any submissive behavior.Redda (රෙද්ද) - Means cloth (female garment). Offensive use is quite similar to 'Shit'. (e.g. 'Mona reddak da!' (මොන රෙද්දක්ද!) means 'What the hell!' and 'Thoge Aachchige redda' (තොගෙ ආච්චිගෙ රෙද්ද) means 'Your grandma's garment')තෝ) and Thoge (තොගෙ) - Means 'you' and 'yours' but offensive when used with an angry toneවේසි) - Prostitute, Whore. Patta Vesi (පට්ට වේසි) is a stronger abusive term. Vesige Putha (වේසිගෙ පුතා) Literally 'son of a whore'.Waathe (වා‍තෙ) - Literally means Gas or Wind. Used to mean 'Nuisance'. (e.g. Mala Waathe (මල වා‍තෙ) means 'Big nuisance')Yako (යකෝ) - Means 'You devil'. This term is not offensive when used between friends.Hutthige Putha (හුත්තිගේ පුතා) - Son of Bad woman (Bitch), is a stronger abusive term, insulting term.'Hukapan ' ( හුකපන් ) - Fuck off.Thoge Ammata Hukapan ( තොගේ අම්මට හුකපන් ) - Sleep with your mother.hajji kotanawa (හඡ්ඡි කොටනවා) - Full sexual intercourse. The word use by thepeople called 'wadda'(trapper). The Wadda people live in the forests like the place Dabana in Srilanka.leli gahanawa (ලෙළි ගහනව)-ලිංගිකව එකතු වීමේදී ගැහැනු සහාකාරිය පිරිමි සහ කරුවාගේ ශරීරය උඩ නැග රමණයේ යෙදීම.</blockquote>

Verification: Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

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