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​Kaikātti (one who shows the hand). — A division of the Kanakkans (accountants). The name has its origin in a custom, according to which a married woman is never allowed to communicate with her mother-in-law except by signs.*[1]

  1. ↑ * Manual of the North Arcot district.
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