Information request about pamor type

A. G. Maisey · 10th October 2009, 03:53 AM

I do not know "keling" as any type of fish. I've just checked with two native speakers of Javanese, both from East Jawa, and they do not know it as a type of fish.

I know the word as meaning sadness or difficulty, and I have just been informed that it also means something to do with South India --- maybe a term used to refer to people from South India, and a rivet, and a type of cake.

Tammens does not mention it, neither does Zazuli, and in a limited search of both Haryoguritno and Harsrinuksmo it does not appear.

Do we know where this name is used? What society does it come from?

10th October 2009, 03:53 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	I do not know "keling" as any type of fish. I've just checked with two native speakers of Javanese, both from East Jawa, and they do not know it as a type of fish. I know the word as meaning sadness or difficulty, and I have just been informed that it also means something to do with South India --- maybe a term used to refer to people from South India, and a rivet, and a type of cake. Tammens does not mention it, neither does Zazuli, and in a limited search of both Haryoguritno and Harsrinuksmo it does not appear. Do we know where this name is used? What society does it come from?