TITTAYAN: A kind of small fresh-water fish having bitter taste. It is dried and given with other articles as penum.
TORANA: An ornamental arch put up on public and festive occasions.
TUPPOTTIYA: A cloth of ten yards worn round the waist. The ordinary wearing cloth of a Kandyan.
TUTTUWA: A pice, equal sometimes to 3/8d. sometimes one half-penny; when it contains four challies it is called the “Mahatuttuwa.”
TUWAYA-TUNDAMA: A towel given by the tom-tom beater tenants as a penuma.
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UDAHALLA: A hanging basket of wicker-work.
UDAKKIYA: A small kind of drum carried in the hand and used to play for dance music. Its use is not restricted to any caste.
UDUWIYANA: A canopy held over the muruten in the daily service of a Dewale, or over the insignia at processions, or over any sacred thing taken in procession, such as Alutsal, Nanu, Bana books, Relics, etc. The word also means ceilings put up by the dhoby.