kittaka : [inter. pron.] how much? to what extent? how many?

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Kittaka (pron. interr.) [fr. kīva, cp. ettaka & BSk. kettaka (MVastu i.50); see Trenckner, Notes p. 134] how much? how great? nt. as adv.: to what extent? pl.: how many? Vin i.297; k˚ŋ antovassaŋ avasiṭṭhaŋ "how much of the rainy season is left?" VvA 66; kittakā pana vo bhante parivāra -- bhikkhū? "How many bhikkhus are in your retinue?" J i.32. -- As indef.: a little; kittakaŋ jīvissāmi, J v.505; kittakaŋ addhānaŋ a short time VvA 117 (=kiŋva ciraŋ).

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