Sinhala/2.2

ඍ
The ninth letter in the alphabet. The sound of which is in Sanskrit = ṛi in English, which sound is retained in some Sanskrit words, naturalized in the Sinhalese language, while in others it is = ru. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter.
 * ඍතුව (ṛtuva) - season
 * ඍණ (ṛṇa) - negative
 * ඍජු (ṛju) - straight
 * ඍෂි (ṛṣi) - a saint or holy person (in Hindu mythology)

එ
The 13th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'hay', e in 'men' or e in 'engage'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.
 * එක (eka) - one
 * එකම (ekama) - only
 * එන්න (enna) - come
 * එල්ලනවා (ellanava) - hang
 * එළුවා (eḷuvā) - goat
 * එළදෙන (eḷadena) - cow
 * එඬේරා (en̆ḍērā) - shepherd
 * එලිය (eliya) - light
 * එදා (edā) - that other day
 * එකතුව (ekatuva) - sum

ඒ
The 14th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'made'. It takes the sound of the vowel එ held long. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.
 * ඒකාන්ත (ēkānta) - verily/truly
 * ඒක (ēka) - that/alone/solitary/that thing
 * ඒවා (ēvā) - those
 * ඒනිසා (ēnisā) - therefor/so
 * ඒකා (ēkā) - that fellow

ඓ
The 15th letter of the alphabet. It is a diphthong. It sounds like i in 'while'. On other hand We can say it sounds like the name of the letter "I" in English. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter.
 * ඓතිහාසික (aitihāsika) - historical
 * ඓශ්වර්යය (aiśvaryaya) - splendor/omnipotence

ඔ
The 16th letter of the alphabet. It has the sound of o in 'olive'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.
 * ඔටුන්න (oṭunna) - diadem/crown
 * ඔටුවා (oṭuvā)- camel
 * ඔත්තුකාරයා (ottukārayā) - spy
 * ඔක්කොම (okkoma) - all/everyone
 * ඔට්ටුව (oṭṭuva) - wager/bet/stake
 * ඔතනවා (otanavā) - wrap
 * ඔවුන් (ovun)- they
 * ඔරුව (oruva) - canoe
 * ඔරවනවා (oravanavā) - stare
 * ඔලුව (oluva) - head

ඕ
The 17th letter of the alphabet. It takes the sound of the vowel ඔ held long as o in 'stone'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter.
 * ඕපාදූප (ōpādūpa) - gossip/insinuation
 * ඕලු (ōlu) - Lotus

ඖ
The 18th letter and the last vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like ou in 'our'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There isn't many words begin with this letter.
 * ඖෂධ (auṣadha) - drugs/medicine