[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.531 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.531 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.531 - **Language:** English ### [c10.531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.531) 1563.—“One kind (of coco-palm) they keep to bear fruit, the other for the sake of the \*çura\*, which is \*vino mosto\*; and this when it has been distilled they call \*orraca\*.”—\*Garcia D’O.\*, f. 67. (The word \*surā\*, used here, is a very ancient importation from India, for Cosmas (6th century) in his account of the coco-nut, confounding (it would seem) the milk with the toddy of the palm, says: “The \*Argellion\* is at first full of a very sweet water, which the Indians drink from the nut, using it instead of wine. This drink is called \*rhoncosura\*, and is extremely pleasant.” It is indeed possible that the \*rhonco\* here may already be the word \*arrack\*). - [Previous: c10.530](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.530) - [Next: c10.532](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.532) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.531) · Pramāṇa