• acle: A wood from the Philippines used for fine veneers, similar to walnut in color but with a coarser grain and irregular ribbon stripe.
• afong: A Bontoc dwelling, in the Philippine Islands.
• almon: A light-colored wood that darkens; from the Philippines, where it is plentiful and is used for furniture and fixtures.
• amugis: A hard, heavy, reddish brown wood from the Philippine Islands.
• apitong: A wood from the Philippine Islands, red, hard, heavy, straight-grained, and of coarse texture.
• ardish: An East Indian form of decoration, achieved by embedding bits of glass in the plaster or walls or ceiling.
• bagtikan: A hard, heavy, coarse-textured wood from the Philippines; pale white to light red, sometimes with a slight brownish tinge.
• bahay: A Philippine Islands dwelling.
• banaba: A Philippine wood, hard, heavy, strong, and durable; ashy rose to reddish brown in color.
• banuyo: A Philippine wood, light to dark brown in color; hard and heavy; works well for carving.
• barai: In Khmer architecture (Cambodia), a reservoir or artificial lake.
• batete: A wood from the Philippines; reddish brown turning to very dark brown with age or exposure; moderately fine texture and cross-grained.
• batikuling: A tree of the Philippine Islands supplying a light-weight light-colored wood that takes a high polish.
• bolongita: A tree of the Philippine Islands producing a reddish wood streaked with black.
• Burma padauk: A wood from Burma, close-textured with interlocked grain, yellow or golden reddish to dark, dull red with darker brown crossbands; usually quarter-sliced for veneer.
• Ceylon satinwood: An East Indian tree valued for use in fine cabinetwork and veneer; pale golden color with lighter ripple.
• chedi: A stupa-like Thai monument erected above a cella containing a relic.
• choltry: An East Indian inn.
• chua: A Buddhist temple in Vietnam.
• cogon: A Philippine coarse grass, infrequently used for thatching.
• dinh: A communal hall in a Vietnamese village.
• guijo: A reddish wood from the Philippines, hard and heavy, used quarter-sawn for its attractive figure in furniture and cabinet-work.
• ipil: A hardwood of the Philippines, valuable for its brown, strong, highly durable timber.
• kabiki: A tree of the Philippine Islands, the reddish brown, hard, heavy wood of which is used in building.
• kalanta: Sometimes called Philippine cedar; a red to reddish brown, light, soft wood with a strong cedar odor; used for furniture and cabinetwork.
• kalmansanai: A wood from the Philippines, yellow to bright rose red, fading when cut; used for veneer.
• kalunti: A light yellow or light grayish wood from the Philippines, used chiefly for cabinetwork and furniture, but difficult to saw.
• katmon: A hardwood from the Philippines with light to dark reddish brown color; used chiefly for veneer.
• Khmer: A people of Cambodia who established an empire in the 5th century A.D. and dominated most of Indochina from the 9th to the 12th centuries.
• Khmer architecture: Exemplified by the extraordinary 12th century Angkor Wat Khmer Temple (1115-45) in Cambodia.
• kioum: In Burmah, a Buddhist monastery.
• kokko: A wood from the Adaman Islands, India, Burma, and Ceylon, its background grayish brown to golden in color, marked with black lines; used for veneer.
• lac: A resinous exudation of an East Indian insect, used as a base of shellacs, varnishes, and lacquers.
• lauaan: Also spelled lauaan; a wood from the Philippines shading in color from light red to dark reddish brown, coarse textures; quarter-sawn it has a conspicuous ribbon stripe; used for furniture, cabinetwork, and veneer.
• lumbayao: A wood from the Philippine Islands frequently sold as Philippine mahogany; differentiated from mahogany by a decided purplish brown tinge; used for furniture and cabinetwork.
• lumbayau: A wood from the Philippine Islands frequently sold as Philippine mahogany; differentiated from mahogany by a decided purplish brown tinge; used for furniture and cabinetwork.
• makara: A sea monster with the features of a crocodile or elephant seal (sea elephant) belonging to the sculptural repertory of Indonesian or Indo-Chinese architecture; an emblem of water.
• malugai: A wood from the Philippines, light red to reddish brown in color, hard, and heavy; used for construction, cabinetwork, handles, furniture, and where a strong, tough wood is required for bending.
• manggasinoro: Or yellow lauan, a wood from the Philippines, yellowish white to pale brown, moderately hard and heavy, of medium fine texture, used for furniture and interior work.
• marblewood: An East Indian tree also known as Macassar ebony; its reseate gray-and-black wood is prized for cabinetwork and veneer.
• meroes: In the architecture of Bali, a pagoda.
• nakhon wat: A temple near Angkor in Cambodia.
• narra: Also called sena and angsena; a wood from the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines, in a red variety and a yellow variety; moderately hard and heavy, of limited strength, fairly easy to work, takes a good polish; it is a popular cabinet wood in the Philippines.
• oro: Also called tindalo; a wood from the Philippines, hard, heavy, and strong with pale orange heartwood turning to a deep wine-red color with age; used for interior finish, floors, doors, and veneer.
• paldao: A wood from the Philippines, Indo-China, and the West Indian Archipelago, possessing a great variety of grain and figure and a wide range of color, from grayish to greenish yellow with irregular, concentric, dark brown bands; used for veneer.
• palosapis: A wood from the Philippines and British Malaya, pale yellow with a pinkish cast, used for inexpensive furniture, interior finish, and veneer.
• prang: In Thai architecture of the 13th to 18th century, a sanctuary consisting of a tower-like main temple with a porch structure.
• prasat: A Cambodian sanctuary or temple.
• pura: In Bali, a terraced sanctuary consisting of three courts enclosed by walls, connected by richly decorated gates; symbolizes meru, the “world mountain.” 2. A house, village, or town in Bali.
• red lauan: Also spelled lauaan; a wood from the Philippines shading in color from light red to dark reddish brown, coarse textures; quarter-sawn it has a conspicuous ribbon stripe; used for furniture, cabinetwork, and veneer.
• seraya: Also called meranti, a wood from the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Singapore, frequently marketed as Philippine mahogany; heartwood pink to purple-brown.
• supa: A wood from the Philippines, pale yellow, turning to yellowish brown with age; it is very hard and heavy, suitable for interior work and flooring.
• tanguile: A wood of the Philippines with heartwood pale to dark reddish brown with a purplish tinge; sapwood a very pale gray-brown; used for furniture, cabinetwork, and veneer.
• teak: An East Indian tree, the wood of which is dark, heavy, and durable; used chiefly for fine flooring, decking, greenhouses, furniture, and interior finish.
• vat: Buddhist monastery in Cambodia. See wat.
• wat: A Buddhist monastery or temple in Thailand or Cambodia.
• white lauan: Also spelled lauaan; a tree of the Philippines, the wood of which is light to grayish brown to light reddish brown; it is fairly heavy and coarse in texture; used for furniture and cabinetwork.
• yakals: Woods from the Philippines; light-yellow-brown, hard and durable; see thingan.

Also see Architecture Origin index.

Also see Architecture index.