Weapon or tool?

Billman · 24th February 2011, 11:31 PM

Very pleased to have been of help - I've just found a few more alternative spellings:

"Catty" we use comes from the Tamil "Katthi" - a knife or billhook - see: http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/cult/38.htm

Also 'ketha' see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/srilan...s/message/3739

In southern India the local name for a billhook is 'kandali' in the kannada language - which I guess may have the same etymological roots

see: http://books.google.fr/books?id=E1C3...page&q&f=false

Once you start searching the www it is difficult to stop...

24th February 2011, 11:31 PM	#8
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	Alternative spellings Very pleased to have been of help - I've just found a few more alternative spellings: "Catty" we use comes from the Tamil "Katthi" - a knife or billhook - see: http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/cult/38.htm Also 'ketha' see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/srilan...s/message/3739 In southern India the local name for a billhook is 'kandali' in the kannada language - which I guess may have the same etymological roots see: http://books.google.fr/books?id=E1C3...page&q&f=false Once you start searching the www it is difficult to stop...