A type of Indian fishing boat or the dried fish products traded from Indian ports, particularly associated with trade along coasts.
From Hindi or Gujarati origins, related to Indian maritime trade terminology, possibly connected to 'bum' meaning boat in some Indian languages.
The bumaloe connects two worlds—it's simultaneously a boat, a fishing crew, and a type of preserved fish product, showing how colonial traders had to learn whole new words for entire economic systems.
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