136 SOME MOKE MALAY WORDS. 



andor ' a litter, a machine with four arms in which 

 images or reliques of the saints are borne in processions.' 

 This word is evidently from Skt. hindola in the form han- 

 dul, but it is hard to say if Portuguese borrowed andor 

 from Malay or the contrary. 



(redi 'a sort of hammock-litter': — Wilkinson. P. della 

 Valle (1614-1626) describes three kinds of shoulder- 

 borne vehicles in use at Goa (1) reti or nets, which were 

 evidently the simple hammock, (2) andor and (3) the 

 palankin. I have not discovered from what language redi 

 is derived). 



berahi ' passion, love' — Skt. virahi (cf. Khassi brdi). 



bahara ' a weight = 3 pikul ' — Skt. bhara 'a load.' 



mas ' gold ' : T Vth of a tahil ' — ? Skt, maslia ' a bean, a parti- 

 cular weight of gold.' 



mengkona ' tuskless, of an elephant ' — Skt. matkuna ' a bug, 

 a flea, a beardless man, a tuskless elephant.' Hind. 

 makhna. 



senggirek, rusa senggirek ' unicorn." May not this be a 

 corruption of Hind, singhara, Skt. sringa ' a horn? ' 



bangsal ' eooly lines, shed.' A very early Anglo-Indian word, 

 suggested by Yule and Burnell to be a corruption of one 

 of the following: — 



(a) Beng. bankasala from Skt. banik ' trade' and sala 

 ' a hall.' 



(b) Skt. bhandasala, Malayalim pandisala i a storehouse 

 or magazine." 



In Sea Hindustani bansar and bangsal = i store room.' 



baldi ' a horse-bucket,' ' metal bucket or foot-bath.' Wilkin- 

 son gives this as Hindustani, but the Hind, form is balti 

 and borrowed from the Portuguese balde. 



serambi c a closed verandah.' — Malayalim srambi ' a gate- 

 house with a room over the gate, a chamber raised on four 

 posts.' 



chukai ' import customs dues ' — Hind, chauki i a toll-station, 

 lock-up (cf. our ' choky '), dues levied.' Chauki is said to 

 be connected with Skt. chator ' four ' (in Malay = ' chess ') 

 and if so, may explain the Malay game chuki c a kind of 

 draughts.' 



chunam ' prepared lime ' used in the betel-quid. Skt. chur- 

 na ( powder' : Hind, chuna : Malayalim chunnamba. Chw- 

 nam is the form of the old English " trade " name, com- 

 mon in India. 



chita i chintz.' Wilkinson derives from the Hindustani, but 

 the forms are c chita Port., Mahr. chit, Hind, chint/ all, it 

 is suggested by Yule and Burnell, derived from Skr. 

 chitra ' variegated, speckled.' Like baldi, this word would 

 seem to have reached the Malays through the Portuguese. 



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