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					Originally Posted by ariel
					
				 
				My understanding is that the word "podang" comes from Portugese "espadao" (pronounced as espadang). 
			
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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 ?