218 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG 



Ghaut (4)] (2) Hokkien, la kha f^$|J " coco-nut foot"; there 

 were many cocoa-nut trees there. 



Prailgin Road : Part I., between Beach Street and 

 Carnarvon Street. (1) Hokkien, Oan thau-a jflggf^ " the 

 small turning-," i. e., the turning from Beach Street. Cantonese, 

 Wan thau cha 1 jfjjjjjjf^ (2; Hokkien, Hui Chiu Kong-si ke 

 SsHl^SJf^J " the street where the Kong-si house of the 

 Hui chiu people is. Hui Chiu is the name of a prefecture in 

 South China whence the Khehs or Hakkas come. Cantonese, wai 

 ehau kung-si kai '^jj\\^u)^. 



Part II., between Carnarvon Street and Sungei Ujong t 

 Hokkien, Khai Heng Bi ke |fi| fj| |S| f ij tne street where Chop 

 Khie Heng Be (rice merchant) is. Cantonese, Hoi Hang Mi ka l 



PART III., let ween Sungei Ujong and Penang Road. 

 Hokkien, Gu chhia ke <^ j|L|if " bullock-cart street," from the 

 bullock-cart builders' shops there. N. B. This road and Max- 

 well Road are often called Kang-a ki n ^'fflrffr " the rivulet 

 side," because of their proximity to the Prangin Ditch. Canto- 

 nese, Ngau chhe kai ^ Jff. ffijf 



Prangin Lane: Hokkien, Kiam hu tia n jj||1|Ul "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, Koe kang-a te sa u tiau lo- 

 t^i^PfMHf^^S ''passed rivulet, number three street,' 



