Note 31 — PART IV.
Reading edition
Topi, Hindustani, signifies the hat of an European.
32. Rotan, rattan, more correctly raut-an, the thing peeled, from raut, to peel.
33. Kalam (found in Hindustani also) is derived from the Arabic. Cf. Sanskrit kalama, a kind of rice; Greek κάλαμος.
34. Dawat in Hindustani (derived from Arabic) means inkstand, ink-bottle, pen-case; in Malay it also signifies ink. Tinta (Portuguese) is also used by the Malays for ink.
35. Buat bendang, lit. “works the fields;” bendang = wet rice-fields, as opposed to huma, dry fields on high ground.
36. Kaṭṭil, Tamul, a cot.
37. This and the following fables are taken from a Malay translation of the Hindi version of the Pancha-tantra, by Abdu-llah Munshi.