Mammoty
Encyclopedia
Mammoty a special type of garden
hoe
that is common in India
and Sri Lanka
, whose blade is about four times as large as that of the average garden hoe. It is the gardening implement of choice in these countries and the name comes from the word "Man Vetty" ("Man" rhymes with "one") in Tamil
which is a language spoken in Tamil Nadu in India and in the north of Sri Lanka.
"Mann" in Tamil,language means earth / soil and "Vetti" means cutter. Colloquially it is called as " Mambutty / Mambty ".There are two types of Manvetti - one with a shorter handle and another with a longer handle.While the long handled Manvetti is used in states like Kerala in India , the shorter one is widely used. The short handled Manvetti exerts more pressure but tiresome to use continuously. The long handled Manvetti is less strenuous and useful for long and continued work. The short handled Manvetti is widely used in wet lands for trenching , bunding etc.
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
hoe
Hoe (tool)
A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts of soil. Common goals include weed control by agitating the surface of the soil around plants, piling soil around the base of plants , creating narrow furrows and shallow trenches for planting seeds and bulbs, to chop...
that is common in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, whose blade is about four times as large as that of the average garden hoe. It is the gardening implement of choice in these countries and the name comes from the word "Man Vetty" ("Man" rhymes with "one") in Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
which is a language spoken in Tamil Nadu in India and in the north of Sri Lanka.
"Mann" in Tamil,language means earth / soil and "Vetti" means cutter. Colloquially it is called as " Mambutty / Mambty ".There are two types of Manvetti - one with a shorter handle and another with a longer handle.While the long handled Manvetti is used in states like Kerala in India , the shorter one is widely used. The short handled Manvetti exerts more pressure but tiresome to use continuously. The long handled Manvetti is less strenuous and useful for long and continued work. The short handled Manvetti is widely used in wet lands for trenching , bunding etc.