![Title for the Story 01](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/harshil-gudka-77zGnfU_SFU-unsplash-400x250.jpg)
Coconut trees are salt resistant and maybe even salt-loving! In fact, when you plant a coconut tree away from the coast, you need to pour salt ...
Bangla/ Bangladesh
Narkel Gach
Coconut Tree
![Thengu – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Thengu-Coconut-400x250.jpg)
Thengu or coconut trees are available in plenty and are the bounty of the Lakshadweep Islands. They are regarded as nature’s wealth for the ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Thengu
Coconut Tree
![Thanni – Title for the Story BARISHAM](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Water_lak2-400x250.jpg)
Thanni or drinking water is a central concern on the Lakshadweep islands. Fresh water sources on the island were derived from ponds and wells ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Thanni
Drinking Water
![Swahili Creole and the Siddis of Gujarat](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/tinywow_tinywow_A-GLIMPSE-OF-BAITHAAKI-DHAMAAL-IN-JAMNAGAR_31345221_31345449-400x250.jpg)
Dhamaal in Bava Gor's shrine: a glimpse of baithaaki dhamaal in Jamnagar.Documented by: Hameeda Makwa Siddi, Farooq Maqwa Siddi, Soumali Roy, ...
Swahili Creole/ Gujarat/ India
Habshi
Siddis
![Rope](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230615_173515-400x250.jpg)
Thoni balli, a term used in the Beary language, refers to a specific type of rope. It played a vital role in connecting the wooden planks that ...
Beary/ Mangalore
Thoni balli
Rope
![Rethi](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Coconut_lak-400x250.jpg)
Coconut trees are salt resistant and maybe even salt-loving! In fact, when you plant a coconut tree away from the coast, you need to pour salt ...
Hindi/ Goa
Rethi
Sand
![Odam – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Boat_lak1-400x250.jpg)
Odams are sewn boats that were used for navigation in the Lakshadweep Islands. The islanders (except residents of Minicoy) used these sailing ...
Malyalam/ Kerala
Odam
Boat
![Nouko – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sea-Lexicon-boats-drying-Bangladesh-400x250.jpg)
In the Sundarbans, the boat, or nouka or nouko is considered a person. One of the rules pertaining to collecting honey or firewood from the ...
Bangla/ Bangladesh/ West Bengal
Nouko / Nouka
Boat
![Mosa – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tide_lak-400x250.jpg)
Tide or mosa is an everyday term on the island. In some islands, it is called moja. A movie that was made about Lakshadweep was titled Mosayile ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Mosa
Tide
![Mann](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mann-Sand-pexels-photo-2265078-Custom.jpeg)
The Lakshadweep Islands are made of ‘bilutha mann’ (white sand). The corals sediment to form the white sand of the islands which are often ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Mann
Sand
![Kadal – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sea_lak-400x250.jpg)
The island is surrounded by the sea or kadal. The sea on the eastern side of the island is furious compared to the calmer western side. The sea ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Kadal
Sea
![Kaattu – Wind](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1-400x250.jpg)
For Ikkakka, a seventy-year-old man from Kavaratti, the wind always floats around the island. He believes that it is the duty of the guardian ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Kaattu
Wind
Bangla/ Bangladesh/ West Bengal
Jowar Bhati
Tide
![Choora – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tuna_lak1-400x250.jpg)
Choora or tuna, is the staple food of Lakshadweep Islands. A visitor to the island will be served a tuna curry, fry or the mas pickle that are ...
Malyalam/ Kerala
Choora
Tuna
Bangla
Borsha
Monsoon
Billam refers to the lagoon, a lively interactive space for the people of Lakshadweep. It has gathered much importance in the wider world on ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Billam
Lagoon
![Barisham – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Monsoon-400x250.jpg)
Barisham is the Jeseri word for the south-western monsoon. The monsoon is considered a lifesaving boon for islanders of the Lakshadweep. The ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Barisham
Monsoon
![Bala – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Net_Lakshmi_1-400x250.jpg)
Although fishing in Lakshadweep is predominantly carried out through the pole and line method, nets or bala are traditionally used for bait fish ...
Jeseri/ Lakshadweep
Bala
Net
![Alakam – Title for the Story](https://sealexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Crab-400x250.jpg)
Crabs are called alakam and hermit crabs are called komb in Jeseri spoken in many Lakshadweep islands. The crabs are referred to with a pronoun ...
Jeseri/ Sri Lanka
Alakam
Crab