Two maunds are placed in each bag, and once weighed, the bags are dragged near the godown or storage room. Newsletter Five mentioned the term “Godown” and suggested it originated from 16th century Portuguese, “Gudão,” or perhaps an Indian language. Godown remains a common term in many parts of India and was often used in Hong Kong in the 19th century (e.g. The Hong Kong Wharf and Kowloon and Godown Company, Limited) and Chinese ports. She didn`t feel called to add that her own jacket had started on Evelyn Desmond`s shelves. 1552 “. and ordered them to plunder many godowns (gudoes), in which there was such an abundance of cloves, nutmeg, mace, and sandalwood that our people could not carry everything until they had called the people of Malacca to complete their elimination. 276-7 GOWDOWN A warehouse for goods and warehouses; an outbuilding for the use of shops; a storage room. The word is constantly used in Chinese ports and in India. Hindu and Bengali Gudam is apparently an adoption of the Anglo-Indian word, not its original word. The word seems to have passed from the eastern colonies to the Indian mainland, where the Malay word gadong is used in the same sense of “reserve”, but also in that of “brick or stone house”.

Nevertheless, the word seems to come mainly from South India, where in Telugu gidangi, giddangi, in Tamil kidangu, “a place where goods are”, means “to lie” from kidu. It also appears in Singapore under the name Gudama. It is a fact that many common Malay and Javanese words are Tamil or can only be explained by Tamil. Free movement between the Coromandel coast and the archipelago is very old, and when the Portuguese first appeared in Malacca, they found many settlers from South India (see s.v. KLING). Bluteau gives the word palavra da India and explains it as “logea quasi debaixo de chao” (“almost underground”), but this is rarely the case. And so he went to the chair tied to the house. HF: Our recent article, The Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, a newspaper article from 1937, got me thinking about the origin of the term Godown, which is commonly used in India and Hong Kong. This part of the building is covered on the outside with plaster in the style of a kura (godown) to be fireproof. A quick online search gave this definition: (in India and other Asian countries) a warehouse or other storage place.

He led me out of the fort on dark paths, beyond the new gorge, through the cemetery, to the Chandpal Ghat. In the game of bridge, you cannot fulfill your contract (i.e. take less than the required number of turns), as in We Had Four Hearts Bid and the bad distribution let us perish. [Early 1900s] See also the following sentences that begin by going down. Descend to a lower level; Fall below the horizon, fall to the ground or sink. For example: Don`t let the baby go down the stairs alone, or The sun was setting behind the hill, or I was afraid the plane would crash, or The ship left and all hands were lost. [c. 1300]. Yuen Yuen Godown Hong Kong c1906-1907 Source: Historical Photographs of China, Swire, G. Warren Collection 1552 “At night, they secretly cleaned their Gudams, which are almost underground, for fear of fire.” – Barros, 11.

December. Bk. vi. Chapter 3. This article was first published on December 11, 2021. To be accepted or believed, as in How was your speech received at the party congress? When he picks up an object, it is defined as perishing, as in It`s Hardly the Truth, but it still pleases many voters. [c. 1600]. 56 Dairy Farm Company – do the small concrete dams of the 1930s still exist? Thank you very much! Please check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Experience defeats or ruins, as in You went down fighting, or The Boxer went down in the first round.

[Late 1500s] Lose weight, decrease, as in After Christmas, prices drop, or Once the swelling disappears, it does not hurt as much. [Second half of the 1600s] Hobson Jobson has a full page on the term. Here is part of his scenario: Perform, take place, as in Really Crazy Behavior was recorded in the sixties. [Slang; Mid-1900s] See also descend, def. 4. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are * 54 Nam Wah, Hong Kong ginger company – information needed. Yes, please send me occasional summaries of new content Source: Hobson Jobson: A glossary of Anglo-Indian faquial words and phrases, Col. Henry Yule and A.C. Burnell, Routledge & Kegan Paul, First published 1886, reprinted 1969 Notify me of follow-up comments by email. You can also log in without comment.

Being sent to prison, as in He Went Down for a five-year prison sentence. [Slang; v. 1900] 57 Kwong Sang Hong Ltd Warehouse, 192 Hennessy Road I thought I could do better and took my copy of Hobson Jobson: A glossary of familiar words and phrases, first published in 1886 and one of my father`s many books on the Indian subcontinent. Save my name, email address, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 55 Pacific Islands Shipbuilding Company – information sought. Get swallowed, as in This huge pill just won`t go down, or your wine will go down very slowly. [Second half of the 1500s] Enter history too. Being recorded or recalled, as in This event must enter their book as one of the highlights of the year, or This debate will go down in history.

[Late 1800s] 1513.” in which all his rice and a gudam full of clubs were burned. – Letter from F.P.