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Cognate with Tamil கம்பி (kampi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
കമ്പി • (kampi)
- a long piece of metal, metal wire, cord, thread
- a metal rod, long metal bar
- telegraph, old messaging system. In India, it was once mostly used for conveying emergency.
- (sang, vulgar) penile erection