Mammoty

Mammoty (Sinhalese: udella (ʊθællʌ) Tamil: மண்வெட்டி), 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.

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