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24th February 2011, 07:16 PM
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hello Billman
Thank you for this absolutely great information. Sincerely Chregu |
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24th February 2011, 10:31 PM
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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... |
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25th February 2011, 12:58 AM
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Hullo everybody,
 As there have been much 'cross-pollination' between Sri Lanka and the Archipelago over the centuries, I thought I'd include the Soenda term for this 'billhook': Tjongkrang. Best, |
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25th February 2011, 07:10 PM
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25th February 2011, 08:10 PM
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Note the resemblance to SEA mak
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20th March 2011, 02:16 PM
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Hi just found some images from Parker, ref tools from Ceylon...
Just need to remember who Parker is.... Update: Found it - H Parker, Ancient Ceylon 1909 - see http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N...page&q&f=false |
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