Rigel Kent

Part I. Tuhan توهن and tuan تون In Old Javanese, tuhan (2047:2) means otonagata , shujin , shukun , master, superior, lord, or person in authority. The word is also used to affectionately address a woman (the wife, the beloved) or a child. The following five examples are given by Zoetmulder (1982). View this post on Instagram A post shared by @japanese_armor_society In Uttarakāṇḍa 46.22, we have: saṅ rākṣasa pati saṅ tuhan ta (The venerable Lord of Demons, the revered Master of Us All). In Ślokāntara (Sharada Rani 1957) 36.12: hana kawula hana tuhan (There exists the slave, and there exists the master). In Arjunawijaya (Supomo 1977) 41.1, we have: tuhan kw induṅ saṅ lwir hyaṅ i lĕṅĕṅ i lĕṅlĕṅ niṅ udadhi (My lord is the sheltering one, like a deity dwe...

From Yap Tek Loy Captain China To the Tuan Besar 4th Moon 5th day 11th May 1883 After Compliments Your Petitioner Yap Tek Loy in obedience to order begs that your benignity and patronage be unfolded. That on the 29th December 1882, 11th moon 20th day, your Petitioner received a letter from Tuan Governor about the present market place to be given up to the Government after your Petitioner's death and cannot be preserved for his posterity. Formerly Capt. Douglas ordered Your Petitioner to pull down several shop houses and made into a market and rented out to provision sellers. This your Petitioner obeyed but could not be helped in wasting money and labor, at that time, Capt. Douglas said that if after your Petitioner's death the market to be removed to any place where the Government likes, but ground is still your ...

To His Excellency Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, K. C. M. G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, etc, etc. The Humble Petition of Yap Teck Loy of Kuala Lumpur Sheweth: 1. That your petitioner is now of the age of forty-six years and was born at Canton in the Empire of China. 2. That your petitioner is the Captain of the Chinese at Kuala Lumpur, and has resided in Malacca about 7 years and afterwards in Kuala Lumpur aforesaid where he now resides for 18 years, 4 years of which time as a merchant and 14 years as the Captain of the Chinese. 3. That your petitioner was married at Malacca aforesaid and has had issue, to wit four children. 4. That your petitioner has permanently settled in Kuala Lumpur and is the largest landed proprietor here and is under British protection. Your petitioner therefore humbly pray that your Excellency may be pleased to grant him the privileges of naturalization unde...