Just remembered eh Ven....the Portuguese used to call the huge sailing ships a "patmarim" the name originating, I believe, from the Omani, by far the largest sea-power in the region at the advent of the P. in the Malabar/Persian sea. Alfred
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 11:57:16 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Need help?Konkanim: NOT PATMAAR? > > Hi Alfred, > I will use it in my translation of Okee-Pokee, and post the same soon. > Thank you. > > Affectionately, > venantius > > Message: 13 > > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:45:58 +0200 > > From: Alfred de Tavares <[email protected]> > > To: GOANET Lists <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Need help?Konkanim: NOT PATMAAR? > > > > Ven, they were known as "patmar". Entire fleets used to ply between > > Arabian lands & Goa. > > > > >From where the word/name is derived I have to give it deep thought... > > Theotonio, Perhaps... > > Alfred > > > > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 00:36:56 -0400 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Goanet] Need help?Konkanim > > > > > > Would anyone help out with translating "ships with sails" into Konkanim. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > venantius j pinto > >
