punghulo's

Updated: January 27, 2026

There were tears in her eyes, but she only threw back her head and laughed, and replied as she should: "That is no concern of ours. Is your father, the captain, displeased with my father's, the punghulo's, dowry?" And yet Noa felt that Anak knew what he would have said.

Rounsevelle Wildman - Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines