WIYANBENDIMA: The hanging up by the dhoby of clean cloths in temples for festivals or in private houses on festive and other occasions.
WIYAN-TATTUWA: A canopy; a coiling.
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YAKDESSA: A tenant of the tom-tom beater caste who performs Devil ceremonies.
YAKGE OR YAKMADUWA: The shed in which is performed a devil ceremony.
YAKADAMILA: Hire or cost of agricultural implements for Muttettu cultivation, given by a proprietor.
YAKADAWEDA: Hard-ware. Blacksmith’s work.
YALA: The second or the smaller of the two yearly harvests. The season for it varies according to the facilities which each part of the country has in respect of irrigation. Sometimes the word is used in a general sense to mean a crop.
YAMANNA OR YAPAMMU: Smelters of iron. Their service consists of giving a certain number of lumps of iron yearly, the burning of charcoal for the forge, carrying baggage, assisting in field work, and at Yak or Bali ceremonies. They put up the Talimana (pair of bellows) for the smith, and smelt iron.