kaṇṇaṁ

adjective trickling down Ja.v.445.

Sk. skanna

feminine a young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv.i.11#1
■ As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhmaṇa-k˚, etc. AN.ii.205 AN.iv.128; Kisāgotamī nāma khattiya-k˚ Ja.i.60; deva˚ a celestial nymph Ja.i.61.

• -dāna giving away of a girl in marriage Pgdp.85

from kanīna young, compar. kanīyah, superl. kaniṣṭha; orig. “newly sprung” from *qen, cp. Gr. καινός, Vedic kanyā, Lat. re-cen(t)s, Ags. hindema “novissimus.” See also kaniṭṭha

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa) four-cornered, square, as Ep of Niraya Cnd.304#iii = Pv.i.10#13 (explained by catu-koṇa) Also of cloth Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.426; Ja.iv.250.
2. the ear Snp.608; Ja.i.146, Ja.i.194; Dhp-a.i.390 (dasā˚). Freq. in phrase kaṇṇaṃ chindati (to cut off the ear) as punishment e.g. AN.i.47
   ■ loc. kaṇṇe in the ear, i.e. in a low tone, in a whisper Dhp-a.i.166.
3. the tip of a spoon Ja.i.347

■ assakaṇṇa Name of a tree (see under assa³).

• -alaṅkāra an ornament for the ear Ja.v.409.
• -āyata (mutta) (a pearl) inserted in the lobe of the ear Ja.ii.275 Ja.ii.276.
• -kita (should it be kaṇha˚? cp. paṃsukita, malaggakita; kita = kata) spoiled, rusty, blunt Vin.ii.115 (of needles); dirty, mouldy Vin.i.48 (of a floor); Vin.ii.209 (of walls); stained, soiled Vin.iv.281 (of robes).
• -gūthaka the cerumen, wax, of the ear, Vin.ii.134; Snp.197; Ja.i.146.
• -cālana shaking the ears Ja.iii.99.
• -cūḷa the root of the ear Ja.vi.488; as ˚cūlikā at Ja.ii.276; Vism.255; Dhp-a.iv.13.
• -chidda (nt.) the orifice of the ear, the outer auditory passage (cp. sūci-chidda eye of the needle Vin.iii.39; Ja.ii.244, Ja.ii.261.
• -chinna one whose ears are cut off Vin.i.322; Kv.31.
• -cheda cutting or tearing off of the ear Mil.197, Mil.290.
• -jappaka one who whispers into the ear, one who tells secretly, also a gossip Vin.ii.98; sa˚; whispered into the ear, appl. to a method of taking votes ibid. Cp. upakaṇṇakajappin.
• -jappana whispering into the ear DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.
• -tela anointing the ear with medicinal oil DN.i.12 (explained at DN-a.i.98 where reading is ˚telanaṃ).
• -nāsa ear & nose Ja.ii.117; Mil.5