ALATTIBEMA: A ceremony performed at the door of the sanctuary in a Dewale; the waving to and fro of an oil lamp by females, who repeat the while in an undertone the word ayu-bowa, long life (lit. may your years increase).
ALGA-RAJAKARIYA: Service at the loom.
ALAGU: A mark to assist the memory in calculation (Clough); a tally, e. g. in counting cocoanuts one is generally put aside out of each 100; those thus put aside are called alagu.
ALIANDURA: The morning music at a temple.
ALLASA: A present, a bribe, a fee paid on obtaining a maruwena-panguwa.
ALUT-AWRUDU-MANGALYAYA: Festival of the Sinhalese new year; it falls in the early part of April.
ALUT-SAL-MANGALYAYA: The festival of the first fruits; the harvest home.
ALWALA-REDDA: A cloth fresh from the loom.
AMARAGE OR AMBARAGE: Covered walk or passage between a Dewala and the Wahalkada or porch.
AMUNA: A dam or anicut across a stream; a measure of dry grain equal to about 4–1/2 bushels, sometimes 5 bushels.