kaṭacchu : [m.] a spoon.
Kaṭacchu [cp. on etym. Morris in J.P.T.S. 1887, 163] a ladle, a spoon; expld by uḷunka DhA iv.75, 123; by dabbi PvA 135. Used for butter VvA 68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel. -- Vin ii.216; J i.454; iii.277.
-- gāha "holding on to one's spoon," i. e. disinclination to give food, niggardliness, stinginess DhsA 376, cp. Dhs trsl. 300 n2. -- gāhika "spoon in hand," serving with ladles (in the distribution of food at the Mahādāna) PvA 135. -- parissāvana a perforated ladle Vin ii.118. -- bhikkhā "ladle -- begging," i. e. the food given with a ladle to a bhikkhu when he calls at a house on his begging tour Th 1, 934; Miln 9; DhA iv.123; as representing a small gift to one individual, opposed to the Mahādanā Pv ii.957; as an individual meal contrasted with public feeding (salāka -- bhatta) DhA i.379. -- matta (bhatta) "only a spoonful of rice" Miln 8; DhA iv.75.
○cchu f. (?) a spoon VarBṛS