Saturday, March 20, 2010

Body Parts

Æta (Deka)' (ඇට (දෙක)) - Testicles. Æta deka ugas thiyanawa (ඇට දෙක උගස් තියනවා), which literally means 'Pawning the testicles' is used among males in extreme financially tight situations where having no means of getting any money. (e.g. Æta deka ugas thiyalada yako umba okata gewanne? (ඇට දෙක උගස් තියලද යකෝ උඹ ඕකට ගෙවන්නෙ?) translates to 'How do you suppose I pay for it? By pawning the testicles?')
Gala (ගල) or Gal Deka (ගල් දෙක) - Thigh. (e.g. Ekita mara galak thiyenne (ඒකිට මාර ගලක් තියෙන්නෙ) means 'She has a very sexy smooth thigh'.) Gal Pradarshanaya (ගල් ප්‍රදර්ෂණය) - Literally 'Thigh Exhibition'. Refers to (usually a movie, where) several girls with revealing short skirts or situations which bares lot of skin on the leg (e.g. wind, underneath a stair-way).
Gæta (Deka) (ගැට (දෙක)) - Small breasts (usually of underage or teenage girls')
Gedi (Deka) (ගෙඩි (දෙක)) - Medium to large sized breasts.
Malli (මල්ලි) - Literally 'younger brother'. Well hidden euphemism to refer to male genitalia. Especially used by females. Similarly Nangi (නංගි) (younger sister) refers to the female genitalia. (e.g. Malli Dangawela (මල්ලි දඟ වෙලා) (sexually aroused), Malli Kelin (මල්ලි කෙලින්) (having an erection), Nangita saneepa næ (නංගිට සනීප නෑ) (having periods) etc.)
Mæ Æte (මෑ ඇටේ) - Literally 'Bean'. Euphemism for the clitoris (not in widespread use) Mæ Æte (මෑ මල) also has the same usage.
Meeya (මීයා) - Literally 'Mouse'. Euphemism for the penis. Used mostly by young children and females.
Noola (නූල) - Literally 'string'. Euphemism for the Frenulum of prepuce of penis The area on the underside of the penis, where the foreskin is attached.
Pettiya (පෙට්ටිය) - Euphemism for Hymen and the Virginity. Mostly used in the context of Pettiya Kædenawa (පෙට්ටිය කැ‍ෙඩනවා) (see below).
Polla (පොල්ල) - Penis ('Dick') and specially the 'Hardoned Dick'. (e.g. Polla kelin wela(පොල්ල කෙලින් වෙලා) means 'having a hard-on')
Topa (ටොපා) - Glans penis. Derived from the word 'Top'.
Walla - Literally 'the bunch'. Male genitalia or more specifically, the scrotum