218 CHINESE NAMES ОЕ STREETS IN PENANG 
Ghaut (4)] (2) Hokkien, TA kha TH ** coco-nut foot”; there 
were many cocoa-nut trees there. 
Prangin Road: PART i, between Beach Street and 
Carnarvon Street. (1) Hokkien, Oàn thàu-á ie puff * the 
small.turning," i. e., the turning from Beach Street. Cantonese, 
Wan thau chal ret BATT (2) Hokkien, Hii Chiu Kong-si ke 
HAR “ the street where the Kong-si house of the 
Hai chiu people is, На Chiu isthe name ofa prefecture in 
South Ckina whence the Khebs or Hakkas come. Cantonese, wai 
chau kung-si kai HB AN 8] 1h. | 
PART IL, between Carnarvon Street and Sungei Ujong, 
Hokkien, Khai Héng Bi ke Bd 4H XH the street where v 
К Ме Heng Be (rice merchant) is. Cantonese, Hoi Hang. Mi ka! 
BIER. 
Part lIL, letween Sungei Ujong and Penang Road. 
Hokkien, Gà chhia ke Æi “ bullock-cart street,” from the 
bullock-cart builders’ shops there. N. B. This road ard Max- 
well Road are ofien called Káng-a Кї" ELF tii, “the rivulet 
side,” -because of their proximity to the Prangin Ditch. Canto- 
nese, Ngau chhe kai 4 38 (8 
Prangin Lane: Hokkien, Kiam hà tia” En fiiv. “ salt- 
fish yard,” so called because salt-fish are dried and cured there, 
i, e., at the back part of the shops facing Prangin Road. 
Presgrave Street: Hokkien, Коё káng-á tē sa" бап lo" 
ws (ye = RE * passed rivulet, number three street,’ 
