koomkie

noun /ˈkuːmki/

1. A tame female elephant used as a decoy in the capture of wild male elephants.

   When an elephant is in a proper state to be removed from the keddah, he is conducted either by koomkies or by tame males.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Bengali কুমকি (kumki), from Classical Persian کمک (kumak).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry koomkie (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← kongamatokorred →

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