The History of Sulu. Najeeb M. Saleeby
Arabic; sleeping.
37 Arabic; known.
38 Arabic; noble, subordinate officer of state.
39 Sanskrit; Iddha, kindled, lighted, or sunshine.
40 Sanskrit; Indra, the god of the heavens, or most likely Indirā, name of Lakshmī, the wife of Vishnu.
41 Sulu; light, sun.
42 Arabic; wise.
43 The name of Mohammed’s wife.
44 Arabic; everlasting, eternal.
45 Arabic; perfection.
46 Arabic; scribe.
47 Arabic; educated, taught.
48 Arabic; virtuous.
49 Arabic; pride, glory.
50 Arabic; father.
51 Arabic; firm, resolute, an attribute of God.
52 Arabic; Mary.
53 The Baklaya party should have been mentioned after the Tagimaha, but it was evidently left out by mistake. Tagimaha is a Sanskrit word which means country.
54 Arabic; generous, noble.
55 Arabic; served, master.
56 Arabic; noble, applied to a descendant of Mohammed.
57 Sulu, anchorage. The settlement lies 3 miles west of Jolo.
58 It is used here as a name. As a title it is higher than raja and is equivalent to sultan or emperor.
59 The Moro word for Zamboanga.
60 Arabic; night, a common name.
61 Arabic; power, superior authority, sultan.
62 Arabic; glory.
63 A corrupt form of the Arabic Ahmad.
64 From the Arabic “Sheikh,” meaning chief.
65 A place in Sumatra (?)
66 Java.
67 Arabic; master or noble, addressed to descendants of the prophet Mohammed.
68 Town and state in southeastern Sumatra.
69 Arabic; noble. This word is often pronounced by the Moros as “salip” or “sarip.”
70 Arabic; height.
71 Sanskrit; princess.
72 Sanskrit; greater king, emperor.
73 In Malay it indicates rank or office; in Sulu it is used only as a name.
74 Malay; young.
75 Arabic; defender.
76 Arabic; honor, respect.
77 Arabic; star, meteor, bright flame.
78 Arabic; chosen (by God).
79 Arabic; interceder.
80 Arabic; victory.
81 From the Arabic ʿazeem or great; not from ʿAlim, meaning learned.
82 Arabic; exalter or defender.
83 Arabic; Israel.
84 Arabic; honor.
85 Arabic; orator; the pandita who reads the oration, a part of the religions services held on Friday.
86 See Ethnological Survey Publications, Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 64.
87 The servant of the giver.
88 Jamiyun is Sanskrit and means brother or sister’s