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Old 4th September 2006, 03:48 AM   #3
RhysMichael
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Originally Posted by ariel
My understanding is that the word "podang" comes from Portugese "espadao" (pronounced as espadang).

That could well be arial, I have not been able to find anything on it but podang (Batak), peudeung ( Aceh) and pedang (Javanese) all mean sword don't they ?
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