aluwa

aluwa

1. A Sri Lankan sweet, made from rice flour or potatoes with treacle, cardamom and usually cashew nuts, and served in a flat cookie-like form. It is similar to halva.

Compare Tagalog kaluluwa.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔalua/ [ʔɑˈlwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧wa

aluwa

1. spirit (usually of a dead person)