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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tharuolive" data-source="post: 12455310" data-attributes="member: 317605">පොදු උදාහරණය <a href="http://si.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">ග්‍රාම්‍ය ව්‍යවහාරය</a> සහ <a href="http://si.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%80_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">නව වාක්කරණය</a> Most of below slang are regarded as non-offensive and jovial. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">අම්මප/අම්මපා - Used to swear/convince the listener (usually a well-known person). Ammapa? (අම්මප?/අම්මපා?) - Used to express astonishment.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">'අම්මට හුඩු / අම්මට උඩු / අම්මට සිරි- Used to express surprise.  Concidered non taboo but vulgur. Not supposed to be used in decent  company and people who liberally use this in decent company are regarded  as less 'classy'</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ගල් කරනවා - Sneak something out of its place, shop-lift or steal (small items). (e.g. Methana tibba pæna kawuru hari gal karala (මෙතන තිබ්බ පෑන කවුරු හරි ගල් කරලා) means 'Someone has sneaked out the pen from here'.) This is not to be confused with Gal Kapanawa (ගල් කපනවා) which has a sexual meaning. (see further below)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ගල්කටස් - Locally made short barrelled firearm or similar improvised weapon used by underworld gangs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ගැන්සිය - A Gang.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ඉබ්බාට යනවා - Sneaking in without paying. Travelling in public transportation without paying.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ජරාව - Bribe. 'Jarawa denawa' (ජරාව දෙනවා) means to bribe someone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ක‍ෙඩ් යනවා) or Kade Yawanawa (ක‍ෙඩ් යවනවා) - Literally 'going  to the shop' or 'sending to the shop'. Refers to the situation of  'getting used' or 'using' someone. In certain scenarios Kade Yawanawa or Kade Arinawa could mean 'taking for a ride' (deceive or swindle).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">කඩුව / කඩ්ඩ) - Literally 'Sword'. Means 'English Language'. (e.g. Kadda siraa num interview eka goda  (කඩ්ඩ සිරානම් ඉන්ටවිව් එක ගොඩ) means 'Interview will be a breeze if  fluent in English'). Etymology of the term is based on the fact that  just like a person wielding a sword skilfully gets and 'undue' advantage  in the olden days, nowadays someone displaying a fluency in English  gets and 'undue' advantage in most situations.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">කිංඩි - Sneer, scornful, ridicule, mockery, scoff (e.g. Mokada nikan kindiyata hinawenne? (මෙ‍ාකද නිකන් කින්ඩියට හිනා වෙන්නේ?) means 'Why are u smiling scornfully?')</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maaru Wenawa (මාරු වෙනවා) - sneaking out</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">මාටියා ගහනවා) - <a href="http://si.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_corruption&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Grafting</a> of funds.(public or private)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">පලයන් යන්න) or Ane palayan bang yanna (අ‍ෙන් පලයන් බං යන්න) -  Entire expression literally translates in to 'get outa here' and  coincidently (or not so coincidently) it means exactly the same as the  English language slang 'get outa here' which means that 'We don't  believe you'; not 'Get lost'.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">පට්ට) - Extreme. (e.g. 'Patta Aathal' (පට්ට ආතල්) means 'Extremely joyful'.) Patta Gahanawa  (පට්ට ගහනවා) means to hit hard, to thrash (as in 'Moowa patta gahanna  one karapu wædeta' (මූව පට්ට ගහන්න ඕනෙ කරපු වැඩේට) means 'This one has  to be thrashed for that work') or to abuse (as in 'Oya ænduma dæn  sathiyakma patta gahala thiyenne' (ඔය ඇඳුම දැන් සතියක්ම පට්ට ගහල  තියෙන්නෙ)). Patta Dawaale (පට්ට දවාලෙ) means 'in broad daylight'.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">තෙල් බෙදනවා) or Thela Bedanawa (තෙල බෙදනවා) - Trying to  thrust subjective ideology upon others in the pretence of giving advice  (used mostly in campuses). 'Thela' (තෙල) alone is used sometimes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">උමිමා - Child's word for a kiss. Derived from the 'sound' of kissing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">වන්ඩිය - Vehicle, and derived from the Tamil word for Vehicle 'Vandi'. Note the term Ladiya (ලඩිය), which means a rickety old vehicle.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">වල - Mischievous stuff (e.g. Wala Bahinawa (වල බහිනවා) refers to involving in lot of 'extra curricular' activities or collective misbehavior)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">අවටියල් (උඹල මොකක් හරි අවටියල් වැඩක් කරල නේද ආවේ)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">සුම්මා (යමක් කිරීමට ඉඩක් නෑ) ඒව කරනව සුම්මා මෙහෙ.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ඩොටේ (Dottey) - Rural areas or countryside. Small villages situated far away from the urban. Hena dotayak (හෙණ ඩොටයක්) or Patta dotak (පට්ට ඩොටක්) means a person, specially  referring to a woman who lives in a remote area. Often used to indicate  social class (lower or middle). Opposite of "Posh".</li> </ul></blockquote>

Verification: Hathara warak wissa keeyada? (Hathara wadi karanna 20)

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