The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

hikkh!); iii.296 (ki' m(laka' how dear?). -- 2. (nt.)=m(la, i. e. root, bulb, radish, only in cpd. m(laka --
kanda radish ( -- root) J iv.88, 491; DhA iv.78. -- See also pulaka.
M(lika
M(lika (adj. n.) [fr. m(la] 1. (m.) root -- vendor Miln 331. -- 2. (adj. -- ˚) belonging to the feet (p!da˚), a
footman, lackey J i.122, 438; ii.300 sq. (N. of the king of Janasandha, G!ma*i -- ca*.a); iii.417; v.128;
vi.30. -- 3. in rukkha˚ one who lives at the foot of a tree: see under rukkha, where also ˚m(likatta.
M()ha
M()ha [Vedic m(.ha, pp. of muh; cp. also muddha1= Vedic mugdha] 1. gone astray, erring, having lost
one's way (magga˚) D i.85 # (˚ssa magga' !cikkhati); Pv iv.148 (id. with p!vadati); PvA 112 (magga˚). --
2. confused, infatuated, blinded, erring, foolish D i.59; Pv iv.334 (sa˚, better to be written sam˚). -- gabbh!
(f.) a woman whose "foetus in utero" has gone astray, i. e. cannot be delivered properly, a woman difficult
to be delivered J i.407=DhA iv.192; Miln 169; VbhA 96. -- r(pa foolish Dh 268; DhA iii.395.
M(sika
M(sika (m.) & m(sik! (f.) [Vedic m(+ik!, fr. m(+] a mouse D ii.107=Pug 43 (f.); Vism 109 (m.), 252=
KhA 46 (m.); Mhvs 5, 30 (m.); VbhA 235. -- cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed by mice)
D i.9 (m(sik!˚; DA i.92 m(sika˚=undurakh!yita'; cp. Dial. i.17). -- dar" a mouse -- hole J i.462 (m(sik!˚,
so read for musik!˚). -- patha "Mouseroad" N. of a road Nd1 155, 415 (here m(sik!˚). -- potik! the young
of a mouse J iv.188 (m(sika˚). -- vijj! mouse craft D i.9 (cp. DA i.93).
M(s"
M(s" (f.) [Venic m(+ & m(1 mouse or rat; cp. Lat. m(s Gr. mu_s, Ohg. m(s=E. mouse. Not to mu+ to steal,
but to same root as Lat. moveo, to move] a mouse S ii.270 (mudu˚ a tender, little m.).
Me
Me is enclitic form of aha' in var. cases of the sg. See under aha'.
Mekhal!
Mekhal! (f.) [cp. Vedic mekhal!] a girdle J v.202, 294 (su˚, adj.); vi.456; ThA 35; KhA 109; DhA i.39;
PvA 46.
Mekhalik!
Mekhalik! (f.) [fr. mekhal!] a girdle Vin ii.185 (ahi˚, consisting of a snake).
Megha
Megha [Vedic megha; not to mih, mehati (see m")ha), but to Idg. *meigh -- , fog, rain; cp. Sk. mi1 mist;
Av. ma/ga cloud; Gr. o)mi/xlh fog, Lith. mighá fog, Dutch miggelen to drizzle, also Ags. mist=Oicel mistr
"mist"] a cloud Pv ii.945; Vism 126; esp. a thundercloud, storm, S i.100 (thaneti), 154; Th i.307 (as k!)a); It
66; J i.332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); DhA i.19; SnA 27 (˚thanita -- sadda). In this capacity often called
mah! -- megha, e. g. Sn 30; DhA i.165; KhA 21; PvA 132. -- On megha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 124,
125. -- n!tha having clouds as protectors (said with ref. to grass -- eating animals) J iv.253. -- ma*.ala
cloud -- circle, a circle of clouds SnA 27. -- va**a cloud -- coloured J v.321 (C. for megha -- sannibha);