GLOSSARY

Amahs------------female servants in the olden 

                 days who vow not to marry


Aruda------------ruta graveolens


Bongai-----------zingiber cassumunar


Bawang merah-----red onions


Cekur------------kaempferia


Changi-----------east portion of Singapore



Calligraphy------chinese tradition writing using
 
                 black ink and brush


Cantonese--------a chinese dialect 



Dialect----------words and pronounciation pecular

                 to a district


Hokkien----------a chinese dialect



Hokkiens---------chinese who speaks Hokkien



Jerangau---------acorus calamus


Kampong----------Malayan enclosure or village



Little India-----A place in Singapore where
 
                 the indians come together

                 every weekend


"phoenix" head---the traditional chinese wedding 
dress and the    gown 
red gown