CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENAXG. 205 



ffi jBl j 3 ^ jjr^ " Kling market," pa-?at being a corruption of 

 the Malay word pasar. 



Chulia Street: Fart I., between Beach Street and 

 Pitt Street. (1) Hokkien, kiet-leng-a ke ^jji^^ij " Kling 

 Street," so called from the Kling- shop-keepers there. The 

 word Chulia itself is a Bengali word meaning Kling. (Vide 

 King street PART IV). Cantonese, kit-ling kai *dK£|j 

 (2) Hokkien, lo--linke Hf^fif Lo'-Iin is the Chinese pronun- 

 ciation for Noordin and ke means street, so called after the busi- 

 ness premises of Mr. II. M. Noordin. Cantonese, Yi sheung kai 

 ^^Ijfij "clothes box street," from the Chinese cabinet-ma- 

 kers' shops there. 



PART II., between Pitt Street and Love Lane. Hokkien 

 Toil mui n lau -J^ P^J| " big archway" ; formerly there were 

 two big archways to a large compound house here (see Sek 

 Chuen Lane). Cantonese, Tai mun lau ^AjP^jifi 



Part III-, between Love Lane and Penang Road. Hokkien 

 gii-kan-tang ^-"f 1 ^* " cattle pen" ; gii means cattle and kan- 

 tang is the Chinese pronunciation for the Malay word " kan- 

 dang " meaning a pen. Cantonese, Sha kong thau ^?|^|5( 

 "sand hill head," in former days people used to deposit rubbish 

 there which heaped up in a mound. 



Chulia Street Ghaut: (1) Hokkien, kiet-leng-a-ke 

 loMhau tg^ff^j^lg (vide Chulia Street, Part I.) Can- 

 tonese, kit-ling-kai lo-thau ^^$j$$B^{ (2; Hokkien, Si n Iu n 

 Kong-si ke f&$%j£ttt]$f called after the Kong-si house of 



