kuWArI · feminine
axe
Kuṭhārī (feminine) [cf. Sanskrit kuṭhāra, axe = Latin culter, knife from °(s)qer, to cut, in Latin caro, etc] an axe, a hatchet Vin III 144; S IV 160, 167; M I 233 = S III 141; A I 141; II 201; IV 171; Ja I 431; Dhp-a III 59; Pv-a 277. Purisassa hi jātassa kuthārī jāyate mukhe "when man is born, together with him is born an axe in his mouth (to cut evil speech)" S I 149 = Snp 657 = A V 174. [BD]: to 'Bite your tongue!'
kuṭhārī (= Pali and Skt. Lex. id. ; in Skt. lit. only °ra, m. , whereas Pali records only the f. ), axe, hatchet : Mv i.16.14 vāsīhi paraśūhi kuṭhārīhi; ii.35.13 ( vs ) kuṭhārihastā (short i m.c. ); Ud viii.2 kuṭhāri ( v.l. °rī; metr. indifferent) jāyate mukhe (same vs , with kuṭhārī, in Pali , Sn 657 et al. ).
an axe
【陰】 斧頭。
(fem, fem, from kuṭhāra) machete; panga axe, hatchet Construction: kuṭhāra + ī