Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| agila | the wood of the aloe, aka EAGLEWOOD. [Port. aguila f. Tamil akil]. |
| anicut annicut | a dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [Tamil anaikattu, dam-building]. |
| candie candy kandy | a S. Indian weight, approximately 500 lb Imperial. |
| catamaran | originally a raft of logs lashed together; now a boat, especially a sailing boat with two hulls. [Tamil kattu-maram tied wood]. |
| chay chaya shaya | an Indian plant of the madder family whose root chayroot yields a red dye. [Tamil saya]. |
| cheroot sheroot | a cigar cut square at either end. [Fr. cheroute, representing the Tamil name shuruttu, a roll]. |
| congee conjee | water in which rice has been boiled; rice or millet gruel; (verb) to starch with congee. [Tamil kanji]. |
| corundum | a mineral consisting of alumina, second in hardness only to the diamond (varieties include sapphire, ruby, emery). [Tamil kurundam]. |
| curry | a dish of meat, eggs or vegetables cooked and seasoned with hot or aromatic spices, eg turmeric, chillies, cumin, coriander, etc. to make a curry of by seasoning with mixed spices or adding curry sauce. [Tamil kari, sauce]. |
| illipe illupi | the MAHWA tree, producing illipe nuts and illipe oil. [Tamil illuppai]. |
| kabaddi | an Asian version of tag played between two teams of nine boys or young men. |
| madras | a fine plain-woven cotton or silk. [From the Indian seaport]. |
| mulligatawny | an East Indian curry-soup. [Tamil milagu-tannir pepper-water]. |
| nelumbo nelumbium | a plant of the Nelumbium genus of waterlilies that includes the sacred lotus. |
| pachouli patchouli patchouly | an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume. [Tamil pacculi]. |
| palay | the ivory tree, a small S. Indian tree of the dogbane family. |
| pappadom popadum poppadum puppodum papadam papadom papadum pappadam poppadom pappadum | a thin circle of dough fried in oil until crisp. |
| pariah | a member of a caste in southern India lower than the four Brahminical castes; a person of low or no caste; a social outcast (figurative); an ownerless half-wild dog of Eastern towns (in full pariah dog), a pye-dog. [Tamil paraiyar]. |
| poonac | a kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut. [Tamil punnakku]. |
| shola | a thicket or jungle in S. India. |
| vetiver | an East Indian grass; also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. |