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Pao led to pan (fancy sandwiches if anime is right) in Japanese and pav (small buns) in Hindi, Indians use the word bread the same. Sabao led to sabun (soap) in

Pao led to pan (fancy sandwiches if anime is right) in Japanese and pav (small buns) in Hindi, Indians use the word bread the same. Sabao led to sabun (soap) in Hindi. We have Portuguese-Indian community, of which Rodriguez is the most common name IME, and most common names in many countries. In Malayalam, mesa means table, and plataeu in English.

rjtavares 3y ago
Another good story is "Vindaloo", which originates from the portuguese "Vinha d'alhos". As expected, the portuguese version is much less spicy :)
- anon291 3y ago
  The curry you get in restaurants is not Vindaloo. Vindaloo is spicy but it's not the overwhelmingly spicy thing most restaurants sell. A lot of them just rebrand a tangy spicy curry as Vindaloo and sell it. If you have Goan or East Indian Vindaloo, it's spicy, but it also has a lot of sweetness, and it's made of pork.
boomboomsubban 3y ago
>fancy sandwiches if anime is right From my anime knowledge, it's "bread" though seemingly any meal with bread instead of rice is also called "pan." It also links to the Japanese Wikipedia page for bread.
- Tor3 3y ago
  "Pan" is just bread, all kinds (source: Japanese wife, and I lived in Japan for a while - I did grocery shopping daily)
tellarin 3y ago
Rodrigues, with an 's', and Fernandes are the most common Portuguese influenced surnames in Goa, if I recall correctly. Such names ending in 'z' are more likely Spanish in origin.
- Affric 3y ago
  My hunch is that the above poster is slightly imprecise in the spelling but in India it's the Portuguese all the way.
  - tm-guimaraes 3y ago
    Nope, just different origin centuries. He’s is right about current day portugal and spain, but these names have not been inherited from today’s portuguese. Language and names evolve. And it’s been more than 5 centuries since portugal reached india
    - Affric 3y ago
      In my experience with Indians with Portuguese origin surnames have generally matched modern orthography. A search on forebears.io seems to support my experience: Rodriguez 1 in 2.6 million Rodrigues 1 in 27 thousand
      - tm-guimaraes 3y ago
        Rodrigues is modern Portuguese orthography.
        Affric 3y ago
        Yes, it is.
- tm-guimaraes 3y ago
  It’s not as simple. They can be ‘z’ and be Portuguese related, if it is been carried over for generations. The ‘s’ standardization is from the XX century. The Portuguese reached India at the end of the XV century. In places like Indian, these names have been carried over for many generations, so you can’t compare them directly with modern conterparts
  - anthk 3y ago

rjtavares 3y ago

Another good story is "Vindaloo", which originates from the portuguese "Vinha d'alhos". As expected, the portuguese version is much less spicy :)

anon291 3y ago
The curry you get in restaurants is not Vindaloo. Vindaloo is spicy but it's not the overwhelmingly spicy thing most restaurants sell. A lot of them just rebrand a tangy spicy curry as Vindaloo and sell it. If you have Goan or East Indian Vindaloo, it's spicy, but it also has a lot of sweetness, and it's made of pork.

boomboomsubban 3y ago

>fancy sandwiches if anime is right From my anime knowledge, it's "bread" though seemingly any meal with bread instead of rice is also called "pan." It also links to the Japanese Wikipedia page for bread.

Tor3 3y ago
"Pan" is just bread, all kinds (source: Japanese wife, and I lived in Japan for a while - I did grocery shopping daily)

tellarin 3y ago

Rodrigues, with an 's', and Fernandes are the most common Portuguese influenced surnames in Goa, if I recall correctly. Such names ending in 'z' are more likely Spanish in origin.

Affric 3y ago
My hunch is that the above poster is slightly imprecise in the spelling but in India it's the Portuguese all the way.
- tm-guimaraes 3y ago
  Nope, just different origin centuries. He’s is right about current day portugal and spain, but these names have not been inherited from today’s portuguese. Language and names evolve. And it’s been more than 5 centuries since portugal reached india
  - Affric 3y ago
    In my experience with Indians with Portuguese origin surnames have generally matched modern orthography. A search on forebears.io seems to support my experience: Rodriguez 1 in 2.6 million Rodrigues 1 in 27 thousand
    - tm-guimaraes 3y ago
      Rodrigues is modern Portuguese orthography.
      - Affric 3y ago
        Yes, it is.
tm-guimaraes 3y ago
It’s not as simple. They can be ‘z’ and be Portuguese related, if it is been carried over for generations. The ‘s’ standardization is from the XX century. The Portuguese reached India at the end of the XV century. In places like Indian, these names have been carried over for many generations, so you can’t compare them directly with modern conterparts
- anthk 3y ago