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Place Name of the Day: Thursday, 01 September 2011

Goḍẹlla, Diyaturē Egoḍa, Megoḍa Diyaturē, Ōgoḍa-pola, Goḍi-gamuva

கொ₃டெ[æ]₃ல்ல, தி₃யதுரே-எகொ₃ட₃, மெகொ₃ட₃-தி₃யதுரே, ஓகொ₃ட₃பொல, கொ₃டி₃-கமு₃வ
Goḍẹlla, Diyaturē Egoḍa, Megoḍa Diyaturē, Ōgoḍa-pola, Goḍi-gamuva

Goḍẹlla
Diyaturē+egoḍa
Megoḍa+diyaturē
Ō+goḍa+pola
Goḍi+gamuva

The high ground or rising ground

The that side/ other side bank (of the river) in Diyaturē village

The this side bank (of the river) in Diyaturē village

The riverbank place

The village in the high ground

Goḍẹlla	hill, mound, rising ground (Sinhala, Clough); = Goḍa, "Us va siṭi bima" (Sinhala, Sorata); ground placed high; Goḍẹli: ground placed high, "Us va pihiṭi bima" (Sinhala, Sorata); Goḍali-bima: hilly ground (Sinhala, Clough, App.); the word forms come from Goḍa: see Goda 1 in column 160; the Ẹlla affix may be related to Ẹla: 1. inclination, meaning a rising ground, "Ek pẹttakaḍa nẹmunu" (Sinhala, Sorata); 2. side, "Pẹtta" (Sinhala, Sorata)
Egoḍa	other side, as of a river, lake etc. (Sinhala, Clough); from Ē+goḍa; Ē: that (Sinhala, Clough)
Megoḍa	This side, as of a river, lake etc. (Sinhala, see Egoḍa and the usage examples of Megoḍa); from Mē+goḍa; Mē: this, pointing to something near, (Sinhala, Clough); Goḍa: bank of a water body (Sinhala, see Goḍa 2 in column 160)
Ōgoḍa	river bank (Sinhala, toponymic usage, note the locational context of Ōgoḍa-pola on the banks of an Oya); from Ō+goḍa < Oya-goḍa; Oya: river, stream, rivulet (Sinhala, see column 25); Goḍa: bank of a water body (Sinhala, see Goḍa 2 in column 160)
Goḍigamuva	seems to be a toponymic variation of Goḍa-gama: high ground village; Goḍa: see Goḍa 1 in column 160; Gamuva: see column 36

All the place names brought out in this column have components or phrases deriving from the word Goḍa.

See boxes Goḍa 1 and Goḍa 2 in column number 160 (Goḍa-vela) for Goḍa meaning a high ground in some place names and meaning the bank of a water body in some other place names. Goḍẹlla, and Goḍi are related to the high ground meaning and Egoḍa, Megoḍa and Ōgoḍa are related to the bank meaning.

For Pola and Gamuva see columns 28 and 36.

The village name Diyaturē may be a variation of Diya-tara, meaning an irrigated paddy field (Sorata, Codrington)

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Godẹlla comes as a place name in Dankotuwa division of Puttalam district.

Megoḍa-Diyaturē and Diyaturē-Egoḍa are parts of the Diyaturē village in Ibbagamuwa division of Kurunegala district

Ōgoḍa-pola is a place in Attanagalla division of Gampaha district. It is on the banks of the river, Attanagalu-oya.

Goḍi-gamuva comes as a place name in Maharagama division of Colombo district; Divulapitiya division of Gampaha district; Horana division of Kalutara district; Yatinuwara division of Kandy district; Hanguranketha division of Nuwara Eliya district; Polgahawela division of Kurunegala district; Medagama division of Kurunegala district; Ratnapura division of Ratnapura district; Aranayake division of Kegalle district; and in Kegalle district of Kegalle district

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Some related place names:

Godẹlla:

Māligā-godẹlla: Kolonnawa, Colombo. Maligā, Māḷigā: "Mandiraya, Prasādaya" (Sorata); Māḷikai: palace, temple, mansion, house (Tamil, DED 4796a)

Us-godẹlla: Kalutara, Kalutara. Means a high mound in this context

Hirigal-godẹlla: Beruwala, Kalutara. Hiri-gal: coral or limestone (Clough)

Bān-vẹl-godẹlla: Gonapeenuwala, Galle. Bān-vẹl: probably a creeper used in making rope; Bān: thick cord or rope (Clough); Bandhana: tying (Sanskrit, CDIAL 9140); Vẹl: creeper (Clough); Vaḷḷi: climber, creeper (Tamil, DED 5316). Note the place name Bān-vẹl-golla

Palugaha-godẹlla: Ambalantota, Hambantota.

Pansal-godẹlla: Kantale, Trincomale; Lankapura, Polonnaruwa

Palliya-godẹlla: Medirigiriya, Polonnaruwa. Palliya in this place name could mean a mosque as well as a cattle pen

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Egoḍa:

Egoḍa-gama: Seethawaka, Colombo; Pathadumbara, Kandy; Bandarawela, Badulla

Egoḍa-uyana: Moratuwa, Colombo

Egoḍa-vatta: Kesbewa, Colombo; Chilaw, Puttalam

Egoḍa-Niṭṭaṁbuva: Attanagala, Gampaha. Niṭṭaṁbuva is the village name

Egoḍa-Pẹlahẹla: Dompe, Gampaha. Pẹlahẹla is the village name

Egoḍa-Guruvala: Dompe, Gampaha. Guruvala is the village name

Egoḍa-Īriya-vẹṭiya: Kelaniya, Gampaha. Īriya-vẹṭiya is the village name

Egoḍa-mulla: Pujapitiya, Kandy

Egoda Kaḷugamuva: Udapalatha, Kandy. Kaḷugamuva is the village. In this case the village is differentiated from Megoḍa-Kaḷugamuva that goes under another division

Egoḍa-vẹva: Dambulla, Matale

Egoḍa-vela: Kothmale, Nuwara Eliya; Karandeniya, Galle; Soranathota, Badulla

Egoḍa-kanda: Walapane, Nuwara Eliya

Egoḍa-bẹdda: Walasmulla, Hambantota

Egoḍa-piṭiya: Karuwalagaswewa, Kurunegala

Egoḍa-goḍa: Mahawewa, Puttalam

Egoḍayā-gama: Madampe, Puttalam

Egoḍa-Koṭagama: Bibile, Badulla dictrict. Koṭagama is the village name

Egoḍa-Malvala: Ratnapura, Ratnapura. Malvala is the village name

Egoḍa-Valēboda: Balangoda, Ratnapura. Valēboda is the village name

Hattẹlla-egoḍa: Opanayake, Ratnapura. Hattẹlla is the village name

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Megoḍa:

Megoḍa Koḷonnāva: Kolonnawa, Colombo. Koḷonnāva is the village name

Megoḍa-gama: Pathadumbara, Kandy

Megoḍa Kaḷugamuwa: Doluwa, Kandy. Kaḷugamuva is the village name. See Egoḍa-Kaḷugamuva

Vijaya-kaṭupata-Ẹlen-megoḍa: Arachikattuwa, Puttalam. Vijaya-kaṭupata is the village name. Ẹla: canal

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Ōgoḍa:

Yaṭṭō-goḍa: Yaṭṭa+ō+goḍa: The lower stream bank; or the lower part of the stream bank; Galigamuwa, Kegalle

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Godala: (La added to Goḍa)

Goḍala-vela: The hill or high ground paddy field; Pathahewaheta, Kandy

Revised: Thursday, 12 January 2017, 23:41

First published: Thursday, 01 September 2011, 06:17