The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

725 with "hi'sana." It applies the same interpretation to a root midh (Dhtm 536), which is probably
abstracted fr. Pass. m"yati] to diminish; also: to hurt, injure. Very rare, only in some prep. combns. -- See
also m"yati.
Miyyati
Miyyati (& M"yati) [corresponding to Vedic mriyate, fr. mr, viâ *m"ryate> miyyati. See marati] to die. --
(a) miyyati: Sn 804; Nett 23. med. 3rd pl. miyyare Sn 575; pot. miyye J vi.498; ppr. miyyam!na M iii.246;
Vism 49; fut. miyyissati M iii.246. -- (b) m"yati (influenced in form by j"yati & m"yati of min!ti2): M
iii.168 (j!yati j"yati m"yati); J iii.189; Dh 21; pot. m"yetha D ii.63. ppr. m"yam!na S i.96. -- pp. mata.
Milakkha
Milakkha [cp. Ved. Sk. mleccha barbarian, root mlecch, onomat. after the strange sounds of a foreign
tongue, cp. babbhara & mammana] a barbarian, foreigner, outcaste, hillman S v.466; J vi.207; DA i.176;
SnA 236 (˚mah!tissa -- thera Np.), 397 (˚bh!s! foreign dialect). The word occurs also in form milakkhu (q.
v.).
Milakkhu
Milakkhu [the Prk. form (A -- M!gadh", cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. 105, 233) for P. milakkha] a non -- Aryan D
iii.264; Th 1, 965 (˚rajana "of foreign dye" trsl.; Kern, Toev. s. v. translates "vermiljoen kleurig"). As
milakkhuka at Vin iii.28, where Bdhgh expls by "Andha -- Damil' !di."
Mil!ca
Mil!ca [by -- form to milakkha, viâ *milaccha>*milacca> mil!ca: Geiger, P.Gr. 622; Kern, Toev. s. v.] a
wild man of the woods, non -- Aryan, barbarian J iv.291 (not with C.=janapad!), cp. ludd! m. ibid., and
mil!ca -- putt! J v.165 (where C. also expls by bhojaputta, i. e. son of a villager).
Mil!ta
Mil!ta [pp. of mil!yati] faded, withered, dried up J i.479; v.473; Vism 254 (˚sappa -- pi&&hi, where KhA 49
in same passage reads "mil!ta -- dham(m)ani -- pi&&hi"); DhA i.335; iv.8 (sar"ra), 112; SnA 69 (˚m!l!, in
simile); Mhvs 22, 46 (a˚); Sdhp 161.
Mil!tat!
Mil!tat! (f.) [abstr. fr. mil!ta] only neg. a˚ the (fact of) not being withered J v.156.
Mil!yati
Mil!yati [Vedic ml!, to become soft; ldg. *mel! & *mlei, as in Gr. blac, blakeu /w to languish; Lat. flaccus
withered (=flaccid); Lith. blakà weak spot; also Gr. blhxro/s weak. -- Dhtp 440: "mil!=gatta -- vim!ne" (i.
e. from the bent limbs); Dhtm 679 id.] to relax, languish, fade, wither S i.126; It 76; J i.329; v.90. -- Caus.
mil!peti [Sk. ml!payati] to make dry, to cause to wither J i.340 (sassa'); fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle J
iii.414 (ta*ha'). -- pp. mil!ta.
Millik!
Millik! at PvA 144 in passage pa'suk(la' dhovitv -- âbhi- siñcimillikañ ca katv! ad!si is to be read either
as "abhisiñci cimillikañ ca k." or "abhisiñcitv! mudukañ ca k."