𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀇 (thukkei)
- 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (thukkadi) — Śaurasenī
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit थूथू (thūthū), ष्ठ्यूत (ṣṭhyūta, “spit out, ejected; the act of spitting”, past participle; noun).
Verb
𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (thukkaï) (Devanagari थुक्कइ, Kannada ಥುಕ್ಕಇ) (ambitransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- to spit
Derived terms
- 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (thukka, “saliva”)
- 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 (thukkārei, “disdains, spits on”)
- 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀺𑀅 (thukkia, “spat”)
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “thukkaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 347