= ಕೊಡಲಿಕಾವು.

a long wooden handle of an axe; a helve.

(fig.) one who destroys one's own family, race, etc.; ಕೊಡಲಿಕಾವು ಕುಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮೃತ್ಯು koḍali kāvu kulakke mřtyu (prov.) the axe goes to the wood, whence it borrowed its helve.