Word origins

• cashMoney in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
• MedanThe capital and largest city of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
• SundaramA surname.
• KodaikanalA municipality of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India.
• congeeLeave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
• appomA type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice flour.
• AyyaduraiA surname from Tamil.
• chunamA type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
• cockanathanIdiot, foolish person.
• coracanFinger millet (Eleusine coracana).
• coracan milletEleusine coracana, finger millet.
• GrandonicSanskrit.
• Jaffna Tamila Tamil dialect native to Jaffna and is the primary dialect used in northern Sri Lanka.
• mama shopA small, owner-operated convenience store sometimes found in void decks under high-rise apartment blocks.
• mudaliyarA chief or headman in Sri Lanka.
• murukkuA snack originating in India, usually made of rice or urad dal flour, formed into a twisty shape.
• naartjieCitrus reticulata (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
• omum waterA common domestic medicine in south India, made from the strong-smelling carminative seeds of ajwain.
• quirpeleThe Indian mongoose
• thaaliIn parts of South Asia, a necklace that is knotted around a bride's neck by the groom as an auspicious symbol.
• VellalarA member of a non-homogenous group of castes in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka, traditionally associated with the landed gentry and agriculture.
• VirodhiThe twenty-third year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.