Flogging Instruments Dictionary (I-K)
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| Idizil (Basque) | Pizzle, vergajo, scourge |
| Ikog pagi (Tagalog) | Buntot pagi |
| Imvubu (Zulu) | (lit. hippopotamus) see Sjambok |
| Indembo (Kirundi) | (Burundi) Truncheon |
| Irish Strap (English) | Instrument used in the catholic (especially in the irish Christian Brothers) schools for punishing pupils in the hands or buttocks. In contrast to the other straps, this is made from two layers of leather, stitched together, with a lead weight inserted in the tip for added impetus. One and a half inches wide; eighteen inches long; three-eighths of an inch thick. Weight seven ounces. It was used until the 1990's.
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| Jaktpiska (Swedish) | Hunting whip |
| Jerbund (Hindi) | A scourge of leather thongs used in India for punishments, also known as carnechewar |
| Jonathan (English) | Ferule. A flat wooden instrument for hitting in the hands. The impact surface has holes.
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| Juete (Spanish) | (Colombia, from fuete) Leather whip or strap for punishing children |
| Junco (Portuguese) | Rod. Chibata. Flexible bengala (walking cane) |
| Juoksutusraippa (Finnish) | Dressage whip |
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| Kæp (Danish) | Stick |
| Kaham (Maya) | Scourge made of strings |
| Kambaa (Swahili) | Whip, rope braided with strips of leaves |
| Kamcha (Russian) Камча |
Whip made of leather or cord attached to a wooden handle and often
elaborately decorated. It is the riding whip of the Don River area cossacks. See
Nagaika
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| Kamxhik(Albanian) | Whip |
| Kanchik (Hebrew) | Short strap used by the rabbis for punishing their students. Also described as a multitailed whip with a wooden handle. |
| Kańczug (Polish) | Whip |
| Kantschu (German) | (probably from the Polish Kańczug) Short (less than a yard) one tailed, braided leather whip
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| Karabac (Czech) | quirt , stock whip, Kurbash |
| Karbat (German) | A braided leather whip |
| Karbatch (Russian) | Leather whip. Kurbash |
| Karbatsche (German) (karbatch) |
Used in southern Germany, for traditional whipcracking in the
carnival. The whip´s noise is intended to frighten evil spirits. Now made of
hemp rope, in the past was made of leather.
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| Karikás ostor (Hungarian) | Whip. Bullwhip |
| Kas (Romanó) | Walking cane, Whip (Romanó is the gypsies language) |
| Kast (Romanó) | Walking cane, Whip (Romanó is the gypsies language) |
| Kat (dutch) | Cat o'nine tails |
| Kattiruoska(Finnish) | Cat o'nine tails |
| Keaysley (Manx) | (from Keays, buttocks) Paddle |
| Kharazana (Arabic) | Bamboo cane, used in the Middle East for punishments on the soles of the feet (bastinado) or on the buttocks. |
| Kiboko (Swahili) | (literally hippopotamus) See Sjambok |
| Kikoto (Swahili) | whip braided of grass or twigs |
| Kërbaç (Albanian) | Whip, stick |
| Kimsacharani (Aymará) | (Bolivia. From Aymarä: Kimsa = three) Small leather cat with three braided tails with a knot at each point. It is the traditional instrument for punishing children at home and school. By extension, whip, belt. |
| Kip ollee (Manx) | Stock whip |
| Kip cabbyl (Manx) | Horse whip |
| Kipp nuy arbyllagh (Manx) | Nine tailed whip (cat o' nine) |
| Kipp varkiagh (Manx) | Riding whip |
| Kipp Rooshagh (Manx) | Knout (below) |
| Kirbaj (Arabic) | Whip |
| Kleerklopper (Dutch) | (or kleer) a small whip used for dusting cushions. It was used for children punishment. See Martinet |
| Klopfpeitsche (German) | (lit: hitting whip) German version of the Martinet. Used also for the BDSM flogger |
| Knoet (Dutch) | Russian knout |
| Knoot (Russian) | See Knout (Russian) |
| Knout (Finnish) | See Knout (Russian) |
| Knout (Russian) Кнут |  (Probably from Scandinavian origin) Several instruments were called knout in Russia. One was a whip with several tails of leather twisted or plaited with wire, the points of which protruded at the end. Another is what is also called the great knout, and consisted of a handle about 60 cm long, to which was fastened a flat leather thong about twice the length of the handle, terminating with a large copper or brass ring; to this ring was affixed a strip of hide about five centimeters broad at the ring, and terminating at the end of 60 cm in a point. This was soaked in milk and dried in the sun to make it harder. It was abolished by Tsar Nicholas I to be replaced by the pleti.
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| Knut (Russian) | See Knout (Russian) |
| Knute (German) | Generic for whip. Also Knout (Russian) |
| Knutpiska (Swedish) | (Literally "a whip with knots") Cat |
| Koboko (Hausa) | (Nigeria) Whip |
| Kochlöffel (German) | Wooden spoon. see Cuchara de madera |
| Koetsierszweep (Dutch) | Coach (or coacher's) whip |
| Kołowrót (Polish) | Whip |
| Korbac (Slovak) | see pomlázka |
| Korbács (Hungarian) | Cat. Word of probably Turkish origin (kurbash?) |
| Kouluraippa (Finnish) | driving whip, coaching whip |
| Körpiska (Swedish) |
Crop (see Fusta) , driving whip, coaching whip |
| Kurbash (Turkish) | A strap or whip about a yard long made with a rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide. It was used for punishment in the Turkish Empire and in several Muslim countries. |
| Kurbash (Arabian) |
(Niger) A riding whip used by the Fulani and Tuareg for riding camels
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| Kurbatsche (German) | Whip used in South Germany for cracking in Carnival, to frighten evil spirits. It is 10 to 16 feet long, with a popper for cracking at the end. It was originally made of leather, but now it is made of hemp rope. |
| Kvist (Norwegian) | Switch |
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