Portuguese-based creole languages meaning "in" and/or "on", which would come from the Portuguese contraction "na" meaning "in the" (feminine singular). The Portuguese word for "creole" is "crioulo", which derives from the verb "criar" ("to raise", "to bring up") and a suffix "-oulo" of debated origin. Originally the word was used to distinguish the members of any ethnic group who were born and raised in the colonies from those who were born in their homeland. In Africa it was often applied to locally born people of (wholly or partly) Portuguese descent, as opposed to those born in Portugal; whereas in Brazil it was also
Etymology of Assam "Ha-com", meaning "low or level country". He rejected the possibility that the name "Assam" ("Asam") could be derived from "Aham" (Ahom). Subsequent writers like P. C. Choudhury and R N Mosahary lend credence to this theory. So, if Ha-Com is the source of Sanskrit Asama, then it traces its origin from very early times, long before any Ahom invasion. Two different meanings of the Sanskrit word "Asama" have been used to explain the name: one meaning "uneven" (terrain) and the other "unequaled". The second theory Gait reported is that "Asama", meaning "unequal" or "peerless", was a name the local people