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පොන්නයා

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Sinhalese

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Noun

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පොන්නයා (ponnayā) (plural පොන්නයෝ)

  1. (offensive, vulgar, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
    • 2020 November 14, Elakiri.com[1]:
      මංගල පොන්නයා උනත් උන්ට මොලේ තිබ්බා
      maṁgala ponnayā unat unṭa molē tibbā
      Even though Mangala was a ponnaya, they had a brain
  2. (offensive, vulgar, derogatory) a A transsexual, transgender or transvestite person, usually a trans woman.
    • 2022 July 19, Twitter[2]:
      ගවුම් අඳින පොන්නයා
      gawum aⁿdina ponnayā
      ponnaya who wears gowns
  3. (offensive, vulgar, derogatory) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way
    • 2021 March 24, Elakiri.com[3]:
      කොන්ද පන නැති පොන්නයා
      konda pana næti ponnayā
      spineless ponnaya
  4. (offensive, vulgar, derogatory) An infertile, or otherwise childless married man.
    • 2020 July 29, Elakiri.com[4]:
      ළමයි නැති පොන්නයා මෙච්චර සල්ලි වලින් මොනවා කරාද?
      ḷamayi næti ponnayā meccara salli walin monawā karāda?
      What did the childless ponnaya do with so much money?