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కత్తువ-Kattuva కణుపు kanupu, s* A knot, knuckle, or joint.

కత kata, 5. wcZe కథ katba.

కతకు, కతుకు kataku, katuku, v. a. To lap with the tongue.

కతన katana, postpos. By, by means of. 2. Because. 3. On account o£

కతము katamu, s. Cause-

కత్తలాని kattalani, 5. A horse.

కత్తళము kattalamu, s. Armour, mail.

కత్తి katti, A sword or sabre. 2. A knife.. 3. A razor. కత్తిదూయు kattiduyuj To draw a sword. కత్తిఒఱkattiorra, A sword's scabbard, or sheath. బాణాకత్తి banakatti, A double-edged sword. మంగలకత్తి mangalakatti, A barber's knife, a razor. కత్తిపిడక kattipidaka, The case hung to the side of a toddy drawer, containing a knife, and other implements. కత్తిపీట kattipita, A large kitchen knife, fixed perpendicularly in a stool, against the edge of which vegetables, &c. are cut; కత్తులుతోమేవాడు kattulutomevadu, A knife-grinder,

కత్తువ kattuva, 5. A wooden, pointed", spade ; the lower part of which is not square, but' triangular, one of the angles forming the point. It is much used, in the Northern Circars, in digging large clods? when the earth is wet.

కత్తె katte, 5. In compos, only, used as an affix, to denote A female : as చెలికత్తె chelikatte, A female friend. The corresponding male affix is కాడు, గాడు kadu, gadu.

కాత్తెర, కత్తెరకోల kattera, katterakola, s. Scissors. కాత్తెరించు, కత్తిరించు katterintsu, kattirintsu, To shear, or cut with scissors. కత్తెరదొంగ kattera donga, A pick-pocket, who, in a crowd, or at a festival, secretly cuts off any ornament from the person of another, with scissors.

కత్తెరచుక్క, కత్తెరరిక్క katteratsukka, katterarikka, s. The third lunar mansion, corresponding with the Pleiades. కత్తెరరిక్క నెల katterarikkanela, The 8th Telugu lunar month ; that in which the moon's change takes place near the Pleiades, when the sun is in Scorpio, vide ఉగాది ugadi.

కత్తెరబావిలీలు katterabavililu, s. flu. An ornament, set with precious stones, worn by Plindoo females, near the top of the ear.

కథ katha, s. A story, tale, or fable. 2. A narrative, or relation. 3. A chronicle or history. కథికుడు kathikudu, A narrator of ancient tales.