tindalo

The stairway is of a magnificent, richly figured, claret-red hardwood called tindalo, the favorite material for such construction in the islands.

The Jewel City Ben Macomber

(Cassia javanica), sampalok (Tamarindus indica), ipil (Intsia bijuga), tindalo

Chapter 7 1992

His friends cut off his head, put it in a basket, built a house for it, and said that he was a worshipful ghost (_tindalo_).

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

On the death of a distinguished man his ghost retains the powers that belonged to him in life, in greater activity and with stronger force; his ghost therefore is powerful and worshipful, and so long as he is remembered the aid of his powers is sought and worship is offered him; he is the _tindalo_ of

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

I've put in only the strongest and most durable woods -- molave, dungon, ipil, langil -- and sent for the finest -- tindalo, malatapay, pino, and narra -- for the finishings.

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

Below the cross is a sign claiming that the real one is encased inside the replica made of tindalo to protect it from people who have been chipping it away for its alleged miraculous healing powers.

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(_tindalo_); [972] here taboo has become definitely an element of civil law, in which it tends to be absorbed.

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877