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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

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