କାଠ (kāṭha) + -ଇ (-i).
କାଠି (kāṭhi)
- splinter, twig, small chip (of wood)
- Praharaj, Gopala Chandra (1931—1940) “କାଠି”, in Purnnacandra Odia Bhashakosha, Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press
- Neukom, Lukas (2003) A grammar of Oriya[1], Zürich: Seminar für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, page 16