Running in the Family Glossary

Running in the Family Glossary

"palmyrah"

a tall palm in tropical regions

"toddy"

a drink in Sri Lanka like alcohol

"Kandyan dance"

dance from Kandy, which is famous in the central highlands region in Sri Lanka

"Pettah market"

an open market in Colombo which deals with gold and jewelry trading

"catarrh"

an excessive discharge of mucus in the nose or throat

"frangipani"

tree and flower commom in tropics

"dipsomania"

alcoholism

"tabula"

a board game like backgammon

"cassowary"

large flightless bird

"desertum"

wasteland

"satyrs"

a half-man, half-goat person in Greek Mythology

"durian"

a Southeast Asian fruit

"kabaragoya" and "thalagoya"

monitor lizards of Sri Lanka

"skinks"

a skinny and snake-like lizard

"vattacka

a type of vegetable

"magpie"

a crow

"pappadans"

a crisp cracker made from bean flour

"betel"

a Southeast Asian plant

"karapothas"

beetles with white spots

"kurumba"

a green and young coconut

"chrysalis"

the pupa stage of butterfly

"Rinderpest fever"

the disease of cattle

"val oora"

a wild boar

"pakispetti box"

a small and wooden box

"perahera"

a grand Buddhist festival

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