Kīvant & Kīva (interr. adj. and adv.) [Sk. kiyant and kīvant; formed fr. interr. stem ki] how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cp. rel. yāva). As indef.: Kīvanto tattha bheravā "however great the terrors" Sn 959. -- Kīva kaṭuka how painful? PvA 226; k˚ -- ciraŋ how long? Pj and Sn 1004; k˚ -- dīghaŋ same Sn p. 126; k˚ dūre how far? Miln 16; DhA i.386; k˚ -- mahantaŋ how big? DhA i.29; VvA 325; k˚ bahuŋ how much? DhA iv.193.

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