A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
The khukuri (Nepali: à¤à¥à¤à¥à¤°à¥ khukuri, Hindi: kukrÄ«) is a Nepalese knife with an inwardly curved blade, similar to a machete, used as both a tool and as a weapon in Nepal and some neighbouring countries of South Asia.Traditionally it was, and in many cases still is, the basic utility knife of the Nepalese people.he khukuri often appears in Nepalese heraldry and is used in many traditional rituals such as wedding ceremonies. The kukri, khukri, and kukkri spellings are of Indian origin, the original Nepalese form being khukuri.