A compact bilingual dictionary compiled by Sirisena Maitipe and published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo, giving English words with their Sinhala equivalents.
The format is the point. It is made small enough to be carried anywhere — in a schoolbag, a desk drawer, a coat pocket — rather than shelved and consulted at a fixed place. Gunasena's catalogue describes it as prepared with school pupils in mind, which is consistent with the scale of the thing: a dictionary meant to be at hand during lessons and homework rather than one meant to settle fine points of usage.
That makes it useful to anyone working between the two languages who wants something portable: students in Sri Lankan schools, learners of either language, and readers abroad who want a Sinhala reference small enough to travel with. M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher issuing books in Sinhala and English, and school and reference titles are a steady part of its list.
- Author: Sirisena Maitipe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala-English
- ISBN: 9789552108181
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