Rajah (Re: Enye)


"tumbaga" <tanso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:11rhd38gusf220c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sylvia Knörr wrote:

> >>>Tagalog really doesn't need the tilde, not even for Spanish loan words.
> >>>Malakanyang Piggy

> >>Yes, that is correct, Malakanyang came from "May Lakan diyan" <There is
> >>a Lakan there(Lakan is a King of all Kings, a king is a Rajah)>, and the
> >>Tagalog writing I use is better than the enye version, since it works
> >>for its original.

> > It was a Rajah's palace before the Spaniards' time?

> Lakan is Rajahs of all rajahs, yes, it was a palace way before the
> Spaniards arrived.


BTW, the title "Rajah" sounds INDIAN to me, isn't there a province called
Rajastan in India?

Maharajah Piggy


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