The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

sammjjan"). -- cha..ani a dust pan DhA iii.7 (sammajjan"+). -- cha..ik! (d!s") a maid for sweeping dust, a
cinderella DhA iv.210.
Kacci & kaccid
Kacci & kaccid (indecl.) [Sk. kaccid=kad+cid, see kad˚] indef. interrog. particle expressing doubt or
suspense, equivalent to Gr. a)/n, Lat. ne, num, nonne: then perhaps; I doubt whether, I hope, I am not sure,
etc., Vin i.158, 350; D i.50 (k. ma' na vañcesi I hope you do not deceive me), 106; S iii.120, 125; Sn. 335,
354, p. 87; J i.103, 279; v.373; DhA ii.39 (k. tumhe gat! "have you not gone," answer: !ma "yes"); PvA 27
(k. tan d!na' upakappati does that gift really benefit the dead?), 178 (k. vo pi'.ap!to laddho have you
received any alms?). Cp. kin. -- Often combd with other indef. particles, e. g. kacci nu Vin i.41; J iii.236;
vi.542; k. nu kho "perhaps" (Ger. etwa, doch nicht) J i.279; k. pana J i.103. -- When followed by nu or su
the original d reappears according to rules of Sandhi: kaccinnu J ii.133; v.174, 348; vi. 23; kaccissu Sn
1045, 1079 (see Nd2 186).
Kaccik!ra
Kaccik!ra a kind of large shrub, the Caesalpina Digyna J vi.535 (should we write with BB kacchi˚?).
Kaccha
Kaccha1 (nt.) [cp. Sk. kaccha, prob. dial.] 1. marshy land, marshes; long grass, rush, reed S i.52 (te hi
sotthi' gamissanti kacche v!makase mag!), 78 (par()ha k -- nakha -- lom! with nails and hair like long --
grown grass, cp. same at J iii.315 & Sdhp 104); J v.23 (car!mi kacch!ni van!ni ca); vi.100 (par()ha --
kacch! tagar!); Sn 20 (kacche r()hati*e caranti g!vo); SnA 33 (pabbata˚ opp. to nad"˚, mountain, & river
marshes). Kern (Toev. ii.139) doubts the genuineness of the phrase par()ha˚. -- 2. an arrow (made of reed)
M i.429 (ka*.o . . . yen' amhi viddho yadi v! kaccha' yadi v! ropiman ti).
Kaccha
Kaccha2 (adj.) [ger. of kath] fit to be spoken of A i.197 (Com.=kathetu' yutta). akaccha ibid.
Kacchaka
Kacchaka1 a kind of fig -- tree DA i.81. -- 2. the tree Cedrela Toona Vin iv.35; S v.96; Vism 183.
Kacchati
Kacchati1 Pass. of katheti (ppr. kaccham!na A iii.181). -- 2. Pass. of karoti.
Kacchantara
Kacchantara (nt.) [see kacch!2] 1. interior, dwelling, apartment VvA 50 (= nivesa). -- 2. the armpit: see
upa˚.
Kacchapa
Kacchapa [Sk. kacchapa, dial. fr. *ka$yapa, orig. Ep of kumma, like magga of pa&ipad!] a tortoise, turtle S
iv.177 (kummo kacchapo); in simile of the blind turtle (k!*o k.) M iii.169=S v.455; Th 2, 500 (cp. J.P.T.S.
1907, 73, 174). -- f. kacchapin" a female t. Miln 67. -- lakkha*a "tortoise -- sign," i. e. fortune -- telling on
the ground of a tortoise being found in a painting or an ornament; a superstition included in the list of