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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. 



Names of the 

 Pars as they 

 53 appear in the 

 ■2 Inspection 



Reports. 

 * i 



39 Ira Thivu 



Cudamuthu 

 Par. 



39" 



40 



40iz 

 40/ 

 40c 



41 

 41" 



41* 

 42 



42.-7 

 43 



43" 



44 



45 

 46 



Nadukuda- 

 muthu Par. 



Kovilpuditha 

 Puthu Par. 



Sanguria 

 Puthu Par. 



Nilankalla Par. 



Sethu curia 

 Pathu Par. 



Kudamuthi 



Par. 

 Rajavukku 



Sippi 



Sothicha Par. 



Saith Kuda- 

 muthi Par. 



Naduvu malai 

 Piditha Par. 



Pena Malai 



Puditha I ar. 



Radian Par ... 



Kanava Par ... 



Puthu Par ... 



Raria Rarwal 

 Par. 



Velangu Rar- 

 wal Par. 



Thundu Par ... 



Names of the 



Pars in the 



forms now 



recommended 



for adoption. 



Signification. Derivation and remarks. 



Irai Tivu 



Kudamuttu 

 Par. 



Nadu Ruda 

 muttu Par. 



Rovil Piditta 

 Pattu Par. 



Sankuraiya 

 Pattu Par. 



Nilan Rallu 

 Par. 



Sattu Kuraiya 

 Pattu Par. 



Kudamuttu 



Par. 



Rajavukku 

 Sippi Sotich- 

 cha Par. 



Saith Ruda 

 Muttu Par. 



Naduvu Malai 

 Piditta Par. 



Periya Malai 



Piditta Par. 

 Radeiyan Par. 



Ranawa Par ... 



Pudu Par 



Karai Ruruwal 

 Par. 



Velangu Raru- 

 wal Par. 



Tundu Pur ... 



Bank in the Pearl j Irai, literally finger joint, 

 Bay near Irai inch ; kuda, bay ; muttu, 

 Tivu. pearl. 



Bank near the \ Nadu, middle. 



middle o'" the 



Pearl I! ay. 

 Bank in 10 fathoms 



having a church 



as the leading 



mark on shore. 

 Bank where depth 



is a foot less than 



10 fathoms. 

 Blue stone bank ... 



Bank a little less 

 than in 10 



fathoms. 



Pearl Bay bank 



Bank searched for 

 oysters for the 

 Raja. 



South Bank in the 

 Pearl Bay. 



Bank touching or 

 on the bearing of a 

 peak of the 

 Western Ghats. 



Bank touching the 

 great hill. 



The Lime-burners' 

 bank 



Bank abounding in 



cuttle fish. 

 New bank 



Piditta, touching ; kovil, 

 church. 



San, span ; kuraiya, less 

 (short of). 



In- shore 

 bank 



>lack 



Offshore black 



hank. 



Small bank 



Nilam, blue : kallu, stone. 



Sattu, a little ; kuraiya, 

 less ; pattu, ten. 



Ruda, bay ; muttu, pearl. 



Rajavukku, for or to a 

 Raja ; sotichcha, sear- 

 ched or examined ; 

 sippi, oyster. 



Naduvu malai, Western 

 Ghats (Naduvu, central ; 

 malai, hill). 



The Kadaiyar caste is that 

 of the lime-burners ; it 

 however furnishes a 

 contingent of men who 

 work as divers at the 

 chank and pear, fisheries. 



Ranawa, cuttle fish. 



Pudu, new. 



Raruwal, black ; probably 

 from the colour of the 

 surface of the rock. 



