pestle, pounder Malagasy pounding rice with a pestle in giant wooden mortar to dehull it Madagascar, 21st century (2005). Photo Paul Atkinson Category Threshing / Degraining French pilon English pestle, pounder Japanese Kanji 杵 Kana きね Translitération kine Chinese Traditional 杵 Simplified 杵 Pinyin chu Other illustrations Décorticage au pilon 448920th century (1930). G. Capus, Les produits coloniaux d’origine végétale, Paris, 1930. Preceding entry Next entry