, At or Kat, the determinative of cutting. These two are joined
in the root ma (cut, mow). The third is the Khopsh, Khepsh, or Khepshi,
, the sickle-Sword, still used in Abyssinia and throughout Africa: with a flattened curve it became the Hindu Kubja, the Greek ‘Kopis,’ and the Gurkha ‘Kukkri.’ The second two are combined in the root Smam,
, ‘to smite.’ Other names of the Sword are Ta or Nai,
, and Nai, Na’ui, or Nakhtui,