Dear all, Please tell me the origin of the word "batik", Indonesian textile. I had read that "batik" origin is a proto-Austronesian word, *baTik, means "lay on colors". Is that true ? Thanks in advance, ISHIZAWA Takeshi e-mail: QWK06417 at nifty.ne.jp homepage"Esai-esai tentang masyarakat Jepang" http://www.02.246.ne.jp/~semar/