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MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN 



[VOL. XVI, 



Notes upon the derivation and signification of the names of the Principal 

 Pearl Banks off the Madura Coast— cont. 



CI 

 2 



Names of the 

 Pars as they 



appear in the 



Inspection 



Reports. 



Names of the 

 Pars in the 



forms now re- 

 commended 



for adoption. 



Signification. 



Derivation and remarks. 



1 2 I Vaipar Peria 

 Par. 



13 



14 



16 



17 



IS 

 r-9 



24 



Karai Par 

 Devi Par 



15 Pernandu Par. 



Padutha Mari- 

 kan Par. 



Padutha Mari- 

 kan Par 



Thundu. 



Tut icorin Coda 

 Par. 



Cruxian Par ... 



20 Cruxian Thun- 



du Par. 



21 Vanthivu Aru- 

 pajam Par. 



22 Nagraa Par .. 



23 Ootti Par 



Ooduruvi Par. 



Vaippar Periya 

 Par. 



Karai Par 



Devi Par 



Large bank lying 

 off Vaippar vil- 

 lage. 



Bank lying towards 

 the shore. 



Probably " the 



Rani's bank. ' 



Pernandu Par. I Fernando"s bank 



Padutta Mari- 

 kan Par. 



Padutta Mari- 

 kan Tundu 

 Par. 



Tuticorin 

 Kuda Par. 



Cruxian Par ... 



Cruxian Tundu 



Par. 

 Vantivu Aru- 



pagam Par. 



Bank whereon 



Marikan (a Mus- 

 salman) was found 

 lying (dead). 



The small bank 

 close to the pre- 

 ceding. 



The bank off Tuti- 

 corin Bay. 



Bank of the cross .. 



Cruxian 



Small 

 bank. 



Bank off Yantivu in 

 six fathoms (Van- 

 tivu, hard white 

 rock island). 



Nagara Par 

 Uti Par 



Bank abounding in 

 a fish called nagara 

 Snail bank 



Devi, a titular suffix to the 

 names of the Rani of 

 Ramnad and of Madura ; 

 primarily the name of a 

 goddess (Siva*s wife"). 



Probably first found by a 

 fisherman of this name. 



Paduttiru, lying down. 

 Marikan or Marikar 

 appended to Muham- 

 madan names is a relic of 

 an honorofic bestowed 

 by the Portuguese upon 

 prominent Muham- 



madans. 



Tundu, fragment, i.e., 

 small. 



Kuda, bay ; primarily a 

 cavity or hollow. 



Kroos (curusu'), a corrup- 

 tion of the Portuguese 

 Cruz, cross. 



Uduruvi Par. 



Aru, six ; pagam, fathom ; 

 van, hard. Vantivu, a 

 small island, north of 

 Tuticorin, on which there 

 is a small fishing beacon ; 

 probably so called on 

 account of hard white 

 rock there present. 

 Nagara, the name of a 



fish. 

 Oti or Uti, a snail like 

 mollusc Probably a 

 corrupt form of Vri, the 

 name of a small spiral shell fish (gastropod) 

 that is an active enemy of the pearl oyster 

 during the first four months of life. 



Possibly has refer 

 ence to a cavern- 

 ous condition of 

 the rock, enabling 

 fish to pass in and 

 out of the cavities. 



IMuruvi, penetrating or 

 passing through. 



