Language: Nepali
Source: In common use

Description

Sirupātē (सिरुपाते) is a word commonly used to describe a long, slender version of a Nepalese khukurī.

The word sirupātē (सिरुपाते) appears in Ralph Lilley Turner’s A Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of the Nepali Language of 1931 and is described as:

"सिरु-पाते siru-pāte,adj. Long and slender like a blade of siru" ¹

Siru (सिरु) is the name of a local plant. Pātē (पाते) means "leaf".

Turner gives the meaning for siru (सिरु) as the name of two varieties of grass or reed: 

1. Imperata arundinacia (= khar-siru, used for thatching);

2. Imperata arundinacia var. latifolia.

(Another possibility may be Hypoxis aurea which is called ban siru (बन सिरु) locally.)

A sirupātē khukurī of the early 1800s.
Author's collection.

A sirupātē khukurī with golden bolster. 
Listed at Mandarin Mansion.

Notes
1. Ralph Lilley Turner; A Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of the Nepali Language. Published by Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner Co Ltd., London, 1931. Page 609.