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kikī

Kikī

(m. the blue jay ( Ja.ii.350 k. sakuṇo). (f.) a hen (or the female of the jay?), in simile fr. the Apadāna of a hen watching her egg Vism.36 (aṇḍaṃ anurakkhamānā) Ja.iii.375 (rakkhati); cp. Snp-a.317 (kikī sakuṇikā aṇḍassa upari seti). onomat. to sound-root kṛ ; (see note on gala), cp. Sk. kṛka-vāku

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Distribution

Digha Nikaya 1 · 0.07/10k

Senses

(m. the blue jay (Ja.ii.350 k. sakuṇo).
(f.) a hen (or the female of the jay?), in simile fr. the Apadāna of a hen watching her egg Vism.36 (aṇḍaṃ anurakkhamānā) Ja.iii.375 (rakkhati); cp. Snp-a.317 (kikī sakuṇikā aṇḍassa upari seti).

onomat. to sound-root kṛ; (see note on gala), cp. Sk. kṛka-vāku cock, after the cry of the bird

Attestations

kikī Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:1.12.20)

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