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Ka° (pron. interr.) [Sk. kah, Idg. 'quo besides 'qui (see
ki" & kig) & 'qiju (see ku°). Cp. Av. ka- ; Gr. jrj,
iriuf, jroloj, etc. ; Lat. qui ; Oir. co-te ; Cymr. pa ; Goth,
hvas, Ags. hwa (= E. who), Ohg. hwer] who ? — in. ko.
f. kA (nt. kir), q. v.) ; follows regular decl. of an athcme
with some formations fr. ki°, which base is otherwise
restricted to the nt. — From ka° also nt. pi. kani
(Sn 324, 961) &. some adv. forms like kathai), kadJ,
kahag, etc. — i. (a) ka° : nom. m. ko Sn 173, 765, 1024;
J 1.279 ; Dh 146 ; f. ka J vi.364 ; PvA 41 ; gen. sg. kassa
Miln 25 ; instr. kena ; abl. kasma (nt.) as adv. " why "
Sn 883. 885 : PvA 4, 13, 63, etc. — (6) ki° (ra. & i. ; nt.
S3e kii)) : gen. sg. kissa Dh 237; J 11. 104. ko-namo
(of) what name Miln 14; DhA 11.92, occurs besides
kin-namo Miln 15. — ^kvattho what (is the) use Vv 50'"
stands for ko attho. — All cases are freq. emphasized
by addition of the affirm, part, nu & su, e. g. ko su'dha
tarati oghai) (who then or who possibly) Sn 1 73 ; kena
ssu nivuto loko " by what then is the world obstructed ?"
Sn 1032 ; kasmi nu sacc&ni vadanti . . . Sn 885. —
2. In indef. meaning comb"* with -ci (Sk. cid : see under
ca I and ci°) : koci, kad, etc., whoever, some (usually
with neg. na koci, etc., equalling " not anybody "), nt.
kiflci (q. v.) ; e. g. mj jitu koci lokasmig pjpiccho It
85; no yiti koci loke Dh 179; n'4hai) bhatako 'smi
kassaci Sn 25 ; na hi nassati kassaci kammai) " nobody's
trace of action is lost " Sn 666 ; kassaci kiftci na (deti)
(he gives) nothing to anybody VvA 322 ; PvA 45. — In
Sandhi the orig. d of cid is restored, e. g. app' eva
nSma kocid eva puriso idh' agaccheyya, " would that
some man or other would come here I" PvA 153.
Also in correl. with rel. pron. ya (see details under ya") :
yo hi koci gorakkhar) upajivati kaissako so na brahmano
(whoever—he) Sn 612. See also kad".
KaoM [cp. Sk. kagsa ; of uncertain etym., perhaps of
Babylonian origin, cp. hiraiktia] i . bronze Miln 2
magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver
or gold. Thus J vi.504 (silver) and J 1.338; iv.107;
VI. 509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king.
— 2. a bronze gong Dh 134 (DhA 111.58). — 3. a bronze
dish J 1.336 ; ap5nlya°
a bronze drinking cup. goblet
M. 1.316. — 4. a " bronze." i. e. a bronze coin worth
4 kahjpaijas Vin iv.255, 256. See Rhys Davids, Coins
and Measures §§ 12, 22. — " Golden bronze " in a fairy
tale at Vv 5* is explained by Dhammapala VvA 36 as
" bells." — It is doubtful whether brass was known in
the Ganges valley when the earlier books were com-
posed ;
but kagsa may have meant metal as opposed to
earthenware. See the compounds.
-upadaharana (n. a.) metal milk-pail (?) in phrase:
dhenusahassSni dukula-sandan^ni (7) kagsupadhiranilm
D II. 192; A IV. 393 ; J VI. 503 (expl"" at 504). Kern
(Toev. p. 142) proposes correction to kaijs'fipadohana
( = Sk. kagsy'opodohana), i.e. giving milk to the
extent of a metal pailful. -kan(aka metal thorns,
bits of sharp metal, nails J
-kuta cheating with false or
v. 102 (cp. sakantaka)
spurious metal D 1.5
( = DA 1.79: selling brass plates for gold ones), -tala
bronze gong DhA 1.389 ; Dhs.\ 319 (°tala) ; VvA
161 or cymbals J vi.277, 411. .thila metal dish, as
K.
distinguished from earthenware D 1.74 (in simile of
dakkho nahapako=A 111.25) cp. DA i. 2L7; Vism 283
(in simile); DhA 111.57 (: a gong); DA 1.217: DhA
iv.67 = J 111.224; reading at Miln 62 to be °tala (see
J.P.T.S. 1886, 122). -pattharika a dealer in bronze
ware Vin 11.135. -patJ & P«tl a bronze bowl, usually
for food : M 1.25 ; A iv.393 ; Sn 14 ; PvA 274. -pura full
of metal J iv.107. -bhan4a brass ware Vin 11.135.
-bhajana a bronze vessel Vism 142 (in simile), -maya
made of bronze Vin 1. 190 ; ii.i 12 ; -mallaka metal dish,
e. g. of gold J HI.21. -loha bronze Miln 267.
Kaggati=kassati, see ava°.
Kakaca [onomat. to sound root kj, cp. note on gala; Sk.
krakaca] a saw Th i, 445 ; J iv.30 ; v.52 ; vi.261 ;
DA 1.212 ; in simile °-iipama ovada M 1.129. Another
simile of the saw (a man sawing a tree) is found at
Ps 1. 171, quoted & referred to at Vism 280, 281.
-khanda fragment or bit of saw J 1.32 1 . -danta tooth
of a saw, DA 1.37 (kakaca-danta-pantiyai) kl]amana).
Kaka^^a, the chameleon J 1.442, 487 ; n.63 ; vi.346 ;
VvA 258.
Kakn [Brh.
cacumen,
kakud, cp. kakud hollow, curvature, Lat.
& cumulus] a peak, summit, projecting
comer S
corrected
i.ioo (where satakkatu in Text has to be
to satakkaku : megho thanayai) vijjumm
satakkaku. Com. expl" sikhara, kuta) A 111.34
( = AA 620~kuta). Cp. satakkaku & Morris, J.P.T.S.
1891-93. 5-
Kaka^ a dove, pigeon, only in cpds.
-pada dove-footed (i. e. having beautiful feet) DhA
1. 119; f. pad! appl. to Apsaras, J 11.93; DhA 1.119;
Miln 169.
Kakntthaka see ku°.
Kakndha [cp. Sk. kakuda, and kaku above] i . the hump
on the shoulders of an Indian bull J 11.225 : J ^1.340. —
2. a cock's comb: see sisa kakudba. — 3. a king's
symbol or emblem (nt.) J v.264. There are 5 sjich
insignia regis, regalia: 3. kakudha-bhaqija. — 4. a tree,
the Tefminalia Arjuna, Vin 1.28; J
vi.519; kakudha-
rukkha DhA iv.153. Note. On pakudha as twin-form
of ka° see Trenckner, J.P.T.S. 1908, 108.
-phala the fruit of the kakudha tree Mhvsxi. 14, where
it is also said to be a kind of pearl ; see mutta. -bhan^a
ensign of royalty J 1.53; iv.151 ; v.289 ( = sakayura).
The 5 regalia (as mentioned at J v.264) ^re vSlavijani,
uohisa, kbagga, chatta, pSdukA : the fan, diadem, sword,
canopy, slippers. — pai\cavidha-k° PvA 74.
Kakka' [cp. Sk. kalka, also kalanka & kalusa] a sediment
deposited by oily substances, when ground ; a
paste Vin 1.205 (tila°), 255. Throe kinds enumerated
at J. VI. 232 : sasapa" (mustard-paste), mattika" (fragrant
earth-paste, cp. Fuller's earth), tila° ("jsamum
paste). At DA 1.88, a fourth paste is given as haliddi°,
used before the application of face powder (poudre de
riz, mukha-cunoa). Cp kakku.
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