INES G. ZUPANOV - Ines G. Županov
INES G. ZUPANOV - Ines G. Županov
INES G. ZUPANOV - Ines G. Županov
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xii • Disputed mission<br />
ethnicus<br />
frangili [or fringue,<br />
frangile]<br />
gentío<br />
Grantham [or guirandáo]<br />
hijuela<br />
iraivan<br />
kovil<br />
kudumi [or koromi,<br />
corumbi] .<br />
leggi<br />
linea<br />
lotiones corporis<br />
madam<br />
Ma lavar<br />
maquina<br />
mariyätai<br />
metempsychosis<br />
Mouro<br />
nänasnänam<br />
ole<br />
[Lat] Generic Christian name for a non-<br />
Christian, pagan<br />
[Port.] A name applied by people in South<br />
India to all foreigners, especially Portuguese<br />
and Christians. Sometimes Muslims<br />
were also included<br />
[Port.] Generic Christian name for a non-<br />
Christian, pagan<br />
[Tamil] kirantam: A script in which Sanskrit<br />
was written in South India. For the<br />
Jesuits it meant simply Sanskrit<br />
[Spanish] Little daughter; a private annex<br />
to the main Jesuit missionary letter<br />
[Tamil] King, god<br />
[Tamil] temple<br />
[Tamil] kutumi: a lock or tuft of hair on<br />
the head of a Brahman<br />
[It.] Referring to laws, but also more specifically<br />
to Christian laws, to the Bible.<br />
The Vedas were often referred to as laws<br />
by Jesuit missionaries in Madurai<br />
[Latin] A thread, a Brahman thread, [in<br />
Port.] linha<br />
[Latin] Body ablutions<br />
[Tamil] matam: a college or school for<br />
religious instruction, a monastery, a mutt<br />
[Port.] Commonly used as adjective designating<br />
vaguely people living on the Malabar<br />
coast, it was also used for Tamil (Malavar<br />
Tamil language)<br />
[Port.] Machine, invention, war machine,<br />
system<br />
[Tamil] Ceremonial 'honours'<br />
[Greek] Transmigration of the soul [Tamil]<br />
punarjenma äksepam<br />
[Port.] A generic term for a Muslim<br />
[Tamil] Spiritual bath, baptism<br />
[Tamil] ölai: palm leaf used for writing