Indo-Portuguese Cultural Society, Fort Kochi
http://indoportuguese.org/news.html
The Portuguese Cultural Imprint on Sri Lanka
http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/portu/portu5.htm
Also includes an interesting comparision of the linguistic traces left
behind there:
Examples of Sinhala words with Portuguese Etyma:
Semantic fields Sinhala Portuguese Gloss
Civil administration gudam(a) gudão warehouse
Judicial administration petsam(a) petição petition
Military structure bayinettu(va) baioneta bayonet
Land administration tombu(va) tombo record/archive
Architecture rippa(ya) ripa lath
Furniture mesa(ya) mesa table
Cuisine koppa(ya) copo cup
Dress saya saia skirt/petticoat
Education iskola(ya) escola school
Flora pera pera pear
Names Peduru Pedro Peter
Music viyole viola viola
Dance baila(ya) baile dance
Religion anju anjo angel
