[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) › c10.9079 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9079 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9079 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9079](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9079) MANCHUA, s. A large cargo-boat, with a single mast and a square sail, much used on the Malabar coast. This is the Portuguese form; the original Malayalam word is manji, \[manchi, Skt. mancha, 'a cot,' so called apparently from its raised platform for cargo,\] and nowadays a nearer approach to this, manje, &c., is usual. - [Previous: c10.9078](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9078) - [Next: c10.9080](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9080) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9079](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9079) · Pramāṇa