Sarong, Nasi, Paddy (1812)

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SKETCHES, CIVIL AND MILITARY
OF THE ISLAND OF JAVA
AND THE IMMEDIATE DEPENDENCIES
Second edition, with additions
London: J. J. Stockdale (The NYPL lists this as the author--ed.)
1812

   OED has "sarong" from 1834.  OED has "nasi" from 1894.  OED has "paddy" (=rice field) from 1948 AMERICAN SPEECH.

Pg. 39:  *The following, besides many others, are names applied to rice, in its different stages of growth and preparation: _Paddee_, original name of the seed; _oosay_, grain of last season; _binnare_ (? illegible--ed.), the rice-plants before transplanation; _bras_ or _bray_, rice stripped of its hulk; _charrooh_, rice cleaned for boiling; _nassee_, boiled rice, &c.
Pg. 49:  The dress of the women is little better than that of the men: it consists in a piece of cotton-cloth, which they call _saron_, and which, wrapping round the body, just covers the bosom, under which it is fastened, and hangs down to the knees, and sometimes to the ancles: the shoulders and part of the back remain uncovered.
Pg. 183:  From this edifice is a most delightful view backwards over the _paddee_ or rice fields...
Pg. 197:  The lowland rice is called _sawa_, and is planted in May; while the upland rice, denominated _tipar_, is planted in November...
   Mr. Marsden terms the upland rice _laddang_ and the lowland _sawoor_.
Pf. 294:  ..._touyou_, is made of arrack, sugar, and hot water.



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