[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) › c10.592 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.592 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.592 - **Language:** English ### [c10.592](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.592) 1878.—“The universal roofing of a Perak house is Attap stretched over bamboo rafters and ridge-poles. This attap is the dried leaf of the nipah palm, doubled over a small stick of bamboo, or nibong.”—McNair, Perak, &c., 164. - [Previous: c10.591](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.591) - [Next: c10.593](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.593) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.592](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.592) · Pramāṇa