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Meaning and derivation of the names of the Principal Ptarl Banks off the Madura Const— cont. 



Names of the Pare as 

 they appe ur in the 



Inspection Kcports. 



Names of the Pars in the 



improved orthographic 



forms now recommended 



for adoption. 



Signification. 



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Yantbivu Arupajam Par. 



Nagara Tar 

 Ootti Pax . . 



Oodumvi Par . , 



KlattiPar 



Athuvai Arupajam Par . . 



Athoinbadu Par . . 



Vanlivu Arupigam Tar. , 



Nagara Par 

 Utti Par . . 



Pasi Par . . 

 Patharan Par 

 Kuthadiar Par 

 Tholayiram Par .. 



Vadda Ombathu Par 

 Saith Ombathu Par 



Puli Pundu Par . . 

 Canna Puli Pundu Par 



AHuva Par 



Uduruvi Par ., 



Kilati Par 



Attuvai Ampagam Par 



Attoupatu Par 



Pasi Par 

 Pattarai Par 

 Kutadiar Par ,. 

 Tolajirarn Par . . 



Vada Onpatu Par 

 Saith Onpatu Par 



Puji Pundu Par .. 

 Kanna Puli Pundu Par 



Alluva Par 



Kanna Thivu Arupajam Kanna Tivu Arupagam 

 Par. I Par. 



Thundu Par 

 Nenjurichan Par 



Par Kud.njan Par 

 Mela Ombathu Par 

 Punyacoil Seltan Par 



Sandamaram Puditha Par. 



Tundu Par 

 Nenjuricbchan Par 



Par Kundanjan Par 

 Mela Onpatu Par 

 Pinnacoil Seltan Tar 



Sandamaram Piditta Par. 



Bank oil' Vantivu in six 

 fathoms (Vautivu, haid 

 while rock island). 



Bank abounding in a fish 



oilled nagara*. 

 Snail bank 



Deriv ation and remark; . 



Possibly has reference to a 

 cavernous condition of 

 the rock, enabling fish 

 to pass in and out of the 

 cavities. 



Bank abounding in trigger 



' fish. 



Bank near mouth of the 

 river in six fathoms. 



9 (fathom) bank off the 



river. 



Sea- weed bank ., 



10§ (fathom) bank (?) .. 



Dancer bank (?) 



900 banks 



Northern bank in nine 



fathoms. 

 Southern bank in nine 



fathoms. 



Bank having a tamarind 

 bush as land mark. 



Bank having a tamarind 

 bu9h as land mark near 

 Kanna 'l'ivn. 



Rotten weed bank (?) 



Bank off Kanna Tivu in 

 six fathoms. 



Small bank 



Good for nothing bank , . 



Further or outer 9 fathom 

 bank. 



Bank where land mark is 

 a tree near a market. 



Aru, 6ix ; pagam, fathom ; 

 van, hard. Vanlivu, a 

 small island, north i.f Tuti- 

 corin on which theie ie . 

 small fiohing beaoon ; proba- 

 bly so called on aceonnt of 

 hard white rock there pie- 

 sent. 



Nagara, the name of a fish. 



Otti or Utti, a snail-like 

 mollusc. Probably a (orru;,t 

 form of ~Vr\, the name of a 

 small spiral shell-fibh (gas. 

 tropod) that is an active 

 enemy of the pearl oyster 

 during the first four mentis 

 of life. 



Uduruvi, penetrating or 

 leg through. 



Kilati, trigger fish (Tlnlistes 

 mitis is the most abundant 

 species on this coast.'. 



Attuvai, mouth of a river 

 (attu, river ; vai, mouth) 

 aru, six ; pagam, fathom. 



Attu, river ; onpatu, nine 

 (ombadu, a corrupt form of 

 onpatu). 



Pasi, sea-weed (literally moss). 



Pattu, ten ; arai, half. 

 Kutadian, a dancer. 



Tolayiram, 900. A large bank 

 char»cteri7ed by numerous 

 Small patches of rock rising 

 from a sandy bottom. 



Vada, north. 



Saith, south (a local term 

 derived I think from Ponu,- 

 guese). 



Puli, tamarind ; pundu, bush. 



Dp. 



Alluva, rotten (pasi, sea-weed; 



being understood). 

 Aru, six ; pagaai, fathom. 



Tundu, piece or fragment, i.e., 



small. 

 Nenjuriehchan, good for 



nothing, literally " heart har- 



rower " from Nenju, heart ; 



"yrichchan, flayer or peeler. 



Mela, further or distant, outer. 



Pinnacoil, the name of a large 

 Paiawa settlement on the 

 Tiimevelly coast. Coil from 

 Kovil, temple, primarily ; 

 now used to signify church 

 among Christianized Tamils, 

 or it may be a corruption 

 of Kayal, which is in the 

 vicinity and a much more 

 ancient town. 



Sanda, a corrupt form of 

 Santai or Chantai, market ; 

 maram, tree ; piditta, touch- 

 ing, i.e., indicating as does a 

 land mark. 



