Summary: The text contains a dictionary compiled by English missionaries in Madras with familiar phrases in the Malabar language, translated into English. It includes various words and the description of the people and their customs, along with daily routines and vocabulary translating common expressions and actions. The dictionary is dedicated to the Directors of the East India Company in appreciation of their protection of the Protestant missions in Fort St. George. Specific words like 'ace K ta,' 'caution-danger' and 'poor, indigent person,' have thorough defining footnotes. It also delves into idiomatic expressions such as 'swollen eyes,' weather descriptions like cloudy and rainy, and includes Phrases like 'what the river calls on,' 'daily,' and terms like 'perturbance.' Additionally, it contains terms like 'famine,' 'heathen-facetime,' 'alarm,' and 'to gird, wind, or veil.'