[Fictionary] hatchets across the world

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Someplace within the last week, I don't remember where, I was reading 
about umbrellas with katana handles.  Os something with katana handles, 
anyway -- I think it was umbrellas.

Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I just found a Nahuatl word of Japanese origin, "gadana", which refers to a 
> cutting weapon. Another word for a cutting tool that has traveled far 
> is "tamiok", a Tok Pisin word from Algonquian. Is there something about words 
> for big cutting tools that makes them want to travel around the world?
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