 This vessel is used as far as Batavia, where in the 17th century it became popular to go out ""orembaaien"" on an evening rowing on the river or city canals.The name "orembai" or "arumbai" is probably comes from degenerated Malay word "rembaya", which means state ship, with portuguese prefix 'o'.In other variants of language they are also called "orembaai", "arambaai", "arobail", "arubai", "arubaillo", "arumbai", "arumbae", "oranbai", "oranbaik, orang-bays," and "corambay".