Kattumaram
Kattumaram (கட்டுமரம்) is a traditional
The name "kattumaram" is Tamil for "tied wood," from kattu "binding" + maram "wood".[3] Small kattumaram are called chinnamaram, while larger kattumaram are called periamaram. The term "kattumaram" is also the origin of the English word "catamaran", which later evolved to mean the unrelated double-hulled outrigger boats of the Austronesian peoples.[2]
Etymology
The English word "catamaran" is derived from the Tamil word, kattumaram (கட்டுமரம்), which means "logs bound together". However, the original kattumaram did not refer to double-hulled boats at all, but to a type of single-hulled raft of the Tamil people made of three to seven tree trunks lashed together. The term has evolved in English usage to refer solely to unrelated double-hulled boats.[2][4][5][6][7][8]
See also
References
- ^ Yadava, Y. S. (2002). Traditional Fishing Crafts of the Bay of Bengal. University of California: Bay of Bengal Programme. p. 6.
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- ^ "Origin and meaning of catamaran". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ "Origin and meaning of catamaran". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ISBN 978-1-84593-350-0.
- ^ "Catamaran". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, inc. 2016.
- ^ "Madras Catamarans". ProQuest.
- ^ The Origins and Ethnological Significance Of Indian Boat Designs JAMES HORNELL Director of Fisheries, Madras Government The Origins and Ethnological Significance Of Indian Boat Designs Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta 1920
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