Maffei (see attachment) links the word to the verb pos = feed. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YheuhLoHKsUC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=posko+konkani&source=bl&ots=H6_I7O_MV7&sig=kvev5TQ9zXeIWv7cSZU8t990DB0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5qLmapsDXAhVKO48KHYUoCnAQ6AEIRTAI#v=onepage&q=posko%20konkani&f=false <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/7d4f3e7e49ec1a282aeef38b6765a8b4becd6190?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.in%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYheuhLoHKsUC%26pg%3DPA9%26lpg%3DPA9%26dq%3Dposko%2Bkonkani%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DH6_I7O_MV7%26sig%3Dkvev5TQ9zXeIWv7cSZU8t990DB0%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D0ahUKEwi5qLmapsDXAhVKO48KHYUoCnAQ6AEIRTAI%23v%3Donepage%26q%3Dposko%2520konkani%26f%3Dfalse&userId=2171584&signature=9369eec4480fdb54>
<https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailtrack-for-gmail-inbox/ndnaehgpjlnokgebbaldlmgkapkpjkkb?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality> On 15 November 2017 at 07:04, Wendell Rodricks <[email protected]> wrote: > As per Konkani writers, like Damodar Mauzo, the word Poskem comes from the > Sanskrit word 'Posh' which means to raise or bring up. It can be used not > just for children but also for animals and flora/fauna. > W > > Sent from my iPad Pro > > www.wendellrodricks.com > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9f36f0c6d35ec79604ea2a294e4425361233214b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendellrodricks.com&userId=2171584&signature=a5bbbc62e5ffdeb2> > Address: Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim, Goa. 403001. 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The word served to designate either an adopted child or a > servant close to the family raised at home from childhood.’ It interesting > how over time 'crioulos' a word linked to slavery and African heritage, and > mired in race miscegenation transformed to mean 'adopted' in the Goan > context. > > Many a ‘crioulo’ in Goa, did indeed have African heritage. Goans who had > migrated to Africa, at times, returned with indigenous African servants who > might have been in their employ there. Fatima Gracias hypothesises that > freed slaves, after the abolition of slavery within the Portuguese empire, > might have been adopted. Given that the Santa Casa had in their custody > abandoned slaves as well as orphans, it is hardly a stretch to assume that > the Santa Casa would have encouraged people to adopt slaves, no doubt as > labour rather than as children to cherish. 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