The Tamil word Pani and its Dravidian cognates are usually associated with dew, rain and mist, and the function of coming out with water (DED 4035).However, a Dravidian cognate meaning water associated with a source such as a pond, river etc., and has direct relevance to the Sinhala place name components Pana and Pane, is the Tamil/ Malayalam word Punal (DED 4338).