Tamil edit

Etymology edit

From Ardhamagadhi Prakrit कट्ठ (kaṭṭha), from Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

கட்டை (kaṭṭai)

  1. firewood
  2. funeral pyre
  3. block, stump, piece of timber
  4. stake
  5. wooden float of a big sea-fishing net
  6. body
  7. corpse
  8. that which is short, low, dwarfish; that which is diminished or worn-out by use
  9. deficiency in length or in breadth, insufficiency
  10. (colloquial) defect, imperfection, lowness (as price), inferiority
  11. (colloquial) refuse or residuum of grains after pounding or sifting
  12. roughness of thr beard after shaving
  13. shortness of stature
  14. (music) flatting (as a defect of singing)
  15. the key-note in the harmonium
  16. dam across a stream
  17. brick-built structure in the shape of a pillow constructed along the length of a pial in an Indian dwelling house
  18. mile
  19. copper core

References edit

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “கட்டை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press