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MADRAS PEARL FISHERIES 



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

 Pearl Banks off the Madura Coast — cont. 



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27 



28 



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. 



Klatti Par 



Athuvi Aru- 

 pajam Tar. 



Athombadu 

 Par. 



Pasi Par 



28a' Patharan Par, 



29 

 30 



31 



32 



33 



Puli 

 Par. 



Alluva Par 



34 Kanna Thivu 



Arupajam 

 Par. 



35 Thundu Par ... 



36 Nenjurichan 

 Par. 



36-7 Par Kudanjan 



Par. 

 36^ Mela Ombat.hu 



Par. 



37 



38 



Punyacoil Sel- 

 tan Par. 



Sandamaram 

 Puditha Par. 



Kilati Par 



Attuvai Am pa- 

 gam Par. 



Attonbidu Par. 



Kuthadiar Par. 

 Tholayiram 

 Par. 



Vadda Omb- 



athu Par. 

 Saith Ombathu 



Par. 



Pundu 



Pasi Par 



Pattarai Far. 

 Kutadiar Par. 

 Tolaviram Par. 



Vada Onbadu 



Par. 

 Saith Onl.adu 



Par. 



Puli 

 Par. 



Pundu 



Canna Puli 

 Pundu Par. 



Kanna Puli 

 Pundu Par. 



Alluva Par ... 



Kanna 1'ivu 

 Arupagam 

 Par. 



Tundu Par ... 



Nenjurichchan 

 Par. 



Par Kundanjan 



Par. 

 Mela Onbadu 



Par 



Pinnakayal 

 Seltan Par. 



■ Sandamaram 

 Piditta Par. 



Bank abounding in 

 trigger fish. 



Hank near mouth 

 of the river in six 

 fathoms. 



9 (fathom) bank off 

 the river. 



! Sea-weed bank . . 



ioi (fathom) bank. 

 Dancer bank (r 1 , ... 

 900 ba- ks .. 



Northern bank in 

 nine fathoms. 



Southern bank in 

 nine fathoms. 



Bank having a tam- 

 arind bush as land 

 mark. 



Bank having a tam- 

 arind bush as land 

 mark near Kanna 

 Tivu 



Rotten weed bank 



(?) 

 Bank off Kanna 



Tivu in six fathoms. 



Pmall bank. 

 Good for nothing 

 bank. 



Kilati, trigger fish {Batistes 

 wil>s is the most abund- 

 ant species on this coast), 



Attuvai, mouth of a river 

 (attu, river ; vai, mouth 

 am, six; pagam, fathom). 



Attu, river; onbadu, nine 

 (ombadu, a corrupt form 

 of onpatu). 



Pasi, sea-woed (literally 

 moss). 



Pattn, ten ; arai, half 



Kutadian, a dancer. 



Tolaviram, 900. A large 

 bank characterized by 

 numerous small patches 

 of rock rising from a 

 sandy bottom. 



Vada, north. 



Saith, south (a local term 

 derived I think from 

 Portuguese). 



Puli, tamarind ; pundu, 

 bush. 



Do. 



Alluva, .rotten (pasi, sea- 

 weed being understood). 

 Am, six ; pagam, fathom. 



further or outer 9- 

 fathom bank. 



Bank where land 

 mark is a tree near 

 a market. 



indicating as does a land mark. 



Nenjurichchan, good for 

 nothing, literally " heart 

 harrovver" from Nenju, 

 heart ; Urichchan, flayer 



Mela, further or distant, 

 outer. 



Pinnakayal, Anglice 



Pinnacoil, the name of a 

 large Parawa settlement 

 on the Tinnevelly coast. 



Sanda, a corrupt form of 

 Santai or Chantai, 

 market ; maram, tree ; 

 piditta, touching, i.e., 



