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Meaning and derivation of the names of the Principal Pearl Banks off the Madura Coast — cont. 



L. 



Names of the Pais as 

 they appear in the 



Names of the Pars in the 



improved orthographio 



forms now recommended 



Signification. 



Derivation and remarks. 



e 



a 



Inspection Beports. 



for adoption. 







19 



Ira Thivu Cudamuthu Par. 



Irai Tivu Kudamuttu Par. 



Bank in the Pearl Bay 

 near Irai Tivu. 



Irai, literally finger joint, ir:ch ; 

 kuda, hay ; muttu, ptarl. 



9a 



Nadukudamuthu Par 



Nadu Kudamuttu Par . . 



Bank near the middle of the 

 Peail Bay. 



Nada, middle. 



10 



Kovilpuditha Puthu Par. 



KoTil Piditta Pattu Par. 



Bank in 10 fathoms having 

 a chinch as the leading 

 mark on shore. 



Pattu, ten ; pidi v t/i, touching ; 

 kovil, church. 



10a 



Sanguria Puthu Par 



Sankuraiya Pattu Par . . 



Bank where depth is a 

 foot lets than 10 

 fathoms. 



San, a span ; kuraiya, lees 

 (short of). 



m 



Nilankalla Par . . . . 



Nilan Kallu I'ar 



Blue stone hank 



Nilam, blue : kallu, stone. 



0s 



Sethu curia Pathu Par . . 



Sattu Kuraiya Pattu Par. 



Bank a little less than in 

 10 fathoms. 



Sattu, a little; kuraiya, less; 

 pattu, ten. 



u 



KuHnmuthi Par .. 



Kuda Muttu Par . . 



Pearl Bay hank 



Kuda, bay ; muttu, pearl. 



i« 



Kajavukku Sippi Sothieha 



Kajavukku Sippi Sotich- 



Bank searched for oysters 



Kajavukku, for or to a Baja ; 





Par. 



oha Par. 



for the Baja. 



sotichcha, searched or exa- 

 mined ; sippi, oyster. 



l\i 



Saith Kudamuthi Par rt 



Saith Kuda Mutto Par . . 



South bank in the Pearl 

 Bay. 



Saith, south (Portuguese or 

 English ?). 



12 



Na-luvu malai Puditha 



Naduvu Malai Piditta Par. 



Bank touching or on the 



Piditta, touching ; Naduvu 





Par. 





hearing of a peak of the 

 Western Ghats. 



malai, Western Ghats (nadu- 

 ■ vn, central ; malai, hill). 



123 



Peria Malai Puditha Par. 



Periya Malai Piditta Par. 



Bank touching the great 



hill. 

 The Lime-burners' bank. 



Periya, great. 



3 



Kadian Par 



Kadeiyan Par . , 



The Kadaiyar caste is that of 











the lin.e-burners ; it bowevc r 











furnishes a contingent of 











men who work as divers at 











the chank and peail fisheries. 



t3a 



Kanava Par 



Kanawa Par . . 



Bank abounding in outtle 

 fish. 



Kanawa, cuttle fish. 



,3.5 



Puthu Par 





Putu, new. 



14 



Karia Karwal Par 



Karai Karuwal Par , . 



In-shore black bank . . 



Karuwnl, black ; probably from 

 the colour of the Burfaee of 

 the lock. 



16 



Velangu Karwal Par 



Velaugu Karuwal Par . . 



Off-shore black bank 



Velangu, further ; karuwal, 

 black. 



16 



Thnndu Par .. 



Tundu Par 



Small bank . . 



Tundu, fragment. 



17 



Trichendore Punthotta 



Triehendur Puntoddam 



Trichenduo flower garden 



Puntoddam, ilo.ver garden; 





Par. 



Par. 



bank. 



probably so nan.ed on 

 account of some preity 

 species of sea-weed or other 

 marine organism found on 

 this bank. 



1,8 



Odacarai Psr ., 



Oda Karai Par . . ,. 



Narrow bank towards the 



shore. 

 Small Oda karai hank .. 



Odai, narrow ; karai, shore. 



18a 





Oda Karai Tundu Par . . 



Vide 46 and 48. 



19 



Chowdi Par 



Chodi Par 



Ornament il bank 



Chodi, to adorn.. 



)0 



Sandamacoil Puditha Par. 



Sandamacoil Piditta Par. 



Bank touching St. Mary's 

 Church, i.e., where St. 

 Mary's Church is the 

 principle bearing. 



Sardimacoil, St. Mary's 

 Church ; Sandama, holy or 

 blessed mother, i.e , St. 

 Mary (Sancta Maria; ; 

 Kovil, church. 



51 



Theradi Puditha Par . . 



Teradi Piditta Par 



Bank having Triehendur 

 pagoda as land mark. 



Ter, car ; teradi place where 

 car is kept, i.e , pagoda or 

 temple. 



52 



Semman Paiti Par . . 



Semman Path Par 



Bed hill bank k red hill is 

 the bearing^. 



Sem-man, red sand or earth ; 

 path, a hill (F). 



ig 



Surukku Ombathu Par .. 



Surukku Onpatu Par , . 



Bank falling quickly into 

 9 fathoms, i.e., a rapidly 

 shelving bank (this is 

 the case, it is a narrow 

 hank 6^ fathoms deep on 

 the west side, 8 fathoms 

 deep on the east). 



Ombathu, nine (a corrupt form 

 of Onpatu); surukku, quickly, 



£4 



Manapad Pcria Par 



Manapad Periya Par 



Large Bank off Manapad. 



Manapad, name of a promon- 

 tory. 

 Kanawa, cuttle fish ; parakku, 



E6 



Kanawa Paraku Sohi 



Kanawa Pankku Sohi 



The hank of the highly 





Thundu Par. 



Par. 



coloured flying cuttle 

 fish (?). 



flying ; schi, well-dressed or 

 adorned (?). 



66 



Paraeherry Par 



Paraeherry Par 



The bank off the Pariah 

 village. 



Cheri, village ; paraiyan, 

 pariah (drummer). 



57 



Paraeherry Pathoor 



Para cherry Pathoor 



10-fathom bank off the 



' 



It is possible that Pathoor is 







(? Pattu Par). 



Pariah village (?). 





a misrendering for Pattu 

 Par. I haye had, however, 

 no opportunity to examine 

 .this region and do not know 

 whether the depth is 10 













53 



Alanthalai Pathoor 



Alantalai Pathoor (? 



The 10-fathom bank off 





fathoms or not. JPaitoor 







Pattu Par) 



Alantalai (?). 





may also signify the "10 



59 



Manapad Pathoor 



Manapad Pathoor (? Pattu 



Manapad 10-fathom bank 





villages ", but the context 







Par). 



I?)- 



. 



does not support this reading. 



