OF THE MALDTVE ISLANDS. 
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Tilo lagundi, Commelina Kurzii 
Timbi, Barringtonia speciosa 
Tinfaikattala, Dioscorea penta. 
phylla 
Tora, Luffa ægyptiaca ? 
Tubuli hui, Eragrostis plumosa 
Udandi, Saccharum officinarum 
Uni, Guettarda speciosa 
Bambusa, sp. ? 
Ura, Setaria italica 
Vaffufuli, Acalypha indica 
Yakkunfati, Commelina, sp. ? 
Yarukundu, Trewia nudiflora 
Yele buli, Cassytha filiformis 
Yeo falo, Carica Papaya 
magu, E volvulus alsinoides 
mirihi. Convolvulus, Leucas 
Yeppila, Herpestis Monniera 
Yeyodigga, Sida humilis 
Yihafilia, Indigofera tinctoria ? 
Yihagiguni, Crotalaria retusa 
Yihalagondi, Gloriosa superba 
Yiyula tari, ditto 
Yihatoli, Pachyrhizus angu- 
latus 
Walu kafa, Yernonia cinerea 
mirihi. Convolvulus parvi- 
florus 
Wang, Piper Betle 
Wihelia gundi, Gloriosa superba 
Zaggumu, Argemone mexicana 
Zoowari, Andropogon Sorghum 
The meanings of some of the commoner words above are 
given in the following list : — 
Ali, ash gray 
Bodu, big 
Buli, fish-hook 
Dambu, dark 
Digu, long 
Dorn, light or white 
Fai, ankle, leg 
Faro, a ring-shaped reef awash 
Feli, cloth 
Filia, thread (cotton) 
Fehi, green 
Fune, deep 
Gas, tree 
Gundi, stool 
Hini, cold 
Hudu, white 
Huni, hot 
Iru, sun 
Kafa, a cloth colour 
Kalu, black 
Kandi, deep sea, deep passage 
Kuda, small 
Kuding, child 
Ma (suffix), very ; flower ? 
Magu, path 
Noo, blue 
Be, red 
Riindu, yellow 
Tilia, dirty 
Tiri, low 
I Yeli, sand 
I Walu, a well 
V,—THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF THE 
MALDIVES. 
Under this head must be considered not only those plants 
which have certainly been introduced for purposes of 
cultivation, but also those which are known, though wild, to 
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