The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Keyya (ger. of kayati) for sale J vi.180 (=vikki*itabba).
Ker!&ika
Ker!&ika (adj.) [fr. kir!&a] deceitful, false, hypocritic J i.461 (expld by bi)!ra); iv.220; iv.223 (=kir!sa); MA
152; DhA iii.389 (=sa&ha). -- a˚ honest, frank J v.117 (=akitava, aj(takara).
Ker!&iya
Ker!&iya=prec. J iii.260 (˚lakkha*a); MA 152.
Kelis!
Kelis! at Th 1, 1010 is to be corrected into ke)iyo (see ke)i2).
Ke)an!
Ke)an! (f.) [fr. kilissati? or is it khe)ana?] desire, greed, usually shown in fondness for articles of personal
adornment: thus "selfishness" Vbh 351=DA i.286 (+pa&ike)an!). In this passage it is given as a rather
doubtful expln of c!palla, which would connect it with k+vel to jump, or khel to swing, oscillate, waver, cp.
expln Dhtp 278 kela khela=calane. Another passage is Nd2 585, where it is combd with parike)an! and acts
as syn. of vibh(san!.
Ke)!yati
Ke)!yati [Denom. fr. k") in meaning "to amuse oneself with," i. e. take a pride in. Always combd with
mam!yati. BSk. same meaning (to be fond of): $!lik+etr!*i k. gop!yati Divy 631. Morris. J.P.T.S. 1893, 16
puts it (wrongly?) to kel to quiver: see also ke)an!] to adorn oneself with (acc.), to fondle, treasure, take
pride in (gen.) M i.260 (all"yati kel!yati dhan!yati mam!yati, where dhan!yati is to be read as van!yati as
shown by v. l. S. iii.190 & M i.552); S iii.190 (id.); Miln 73. -- pp. ke)!yita.
Ke)!yana
Ke)!yana (nt.) [fr. ke)!yati, cp. kelan! & ke)i] playfulness, unsettledness Vism 134 (opp. majjhatta), 317.
Ke)!yita
Ke)!yita [pp. of ke)!yati] desired, fondled, made much of J iv.198 (expld with the ster. phrase kel!yati
mam!yati pattheti piheti icchat" ti attho).
Ke)!sa
Ke)!sa (cp. Sk. kail!sa] N. of a mountain Bdhd 138.
Ke)i
Ke)i1 (f.) [fr. kr". to play, sport: see k")ati] 1. play, amusement, sport PvA 265 (=khi..!); parih!sa˚ merry
play, fun J i.116. -- 2. playing at dice, gambling, in ˚ma*.ala "circle of the game," draught -- board; ˚'
bhindati to break the board, i. e. to throw the die over the edge so as to make the throw invalid (cp.
Cunningham, Stupa of Bharhut, plate 45) J i.379.
Ke)i