The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ku (kud -- and kum -- ) 3rd stem of interrog. pron. ka (on form and meaning cp. kad;=Lat.* q9u in (q9)ubi,
like katara < (q9)uter; cp. also Vedic k( how? Sk. kutra, kuta1, kuha, kva) where? when? whither? whence?
As adv. in cpds. in disparaging sense of "what of"? i. e. nothing of, bad, wrong, little, e. g. kum -- magga
wrong path; kuk -- kucca=kud -- kicca doing wrong, troubling about little=worry. -- ku' at PvA 57 (in expl.
of kuñjara) is interpreted as pa&havi. 1. Kuto where from? whence? Dh 62; k˚bhaya' whence i. e. why fear?
Dh 212 sq.; Sn 270, 862; Pv ii.69; how? J vi.330; with nu whence or why then? Sn 1049 (=kacci ssu Nd2 s.
v.). kut -- ettha=kuto ettha J. i.53. -- na kuto from nowhere Sn 35, 919; a -- kuto id. in akutobhaya "with
nothing to fear from anywhere" i. e. with no reason for fear S i.192; Th 1, 510; Th 11, 333; Sn 561
(mod!mi akutobhayo); Pv ii.121 (id.); kuto -- ja arisen from where? Sn 270; -- ˚nid!na having its
foundation or origin in what? Sn 270, 864 sq. 2. Kud! at what time, when? (cp. kad!) Pug 27; indef.
kud!cana': at any time, na k˚ never Sn 221 (expl. by so)asim pi kala' SnA 277); Dh 5, 210; Bdhd 125;
gamanena na pattabbo lokass' anto k˚ "by walking, the end of the world can never be reached" S i.62. 3.
Kuva, kva, where? Sn 970 (kuva' & kuva) indef. kvaci anywhere; with na: nowhere; yassa n'atthi upam!
kvaci "of whom (i. e. of Gotama) there is no likeness anywhere" Sn 1137; cp. 218, 395; expld by Nd2 like
kuhiñci. kuva' at D iii.183. 4. Kutha (kudha) where? J v.485 (=kuhi'). 5. Kuhi' (=kuha', cp. Sk. kuha)
where? whither? Often with fut.: k˚ bhikkhu gamissati Sn 411; ko gacchasi where are you going? Pv ii.81;
tva' ettaka' divasa' k˚ gat! where have you been all these days? PvA 6; 13; 42; indef. kuhiñci, anywhere,
with na k˚: nowhere, or: not in anything, in: n'atthi ta*h! k˚ loke "he has no desire for anything in this
world" Sn 496, 783, 1048 see Nd on 783 & 1048=kimhici; Dh 180.
Kukutthaka
Kukutthaka (v. l. BB. kukku&haka) a kind of bird J vi.539. Kern (Toev. s. v.) takes it to be Sk. kukku&aka,
phasianus gallus.
Kukku
Kukku [cp. Sk. ki+ku?] a measure of length S v.445= A iv.404, and in kukkukata Vin i.255=v.172 (cp.
however Vin. Texts i.154, on Bdhgh's note=temporary).
Kukkuka
Kukkuka [fr. kukku] "of the kukku -- measure," to be measured by a kukku. Of a stone -- pillar, 16 k's high
S v.445 A iv.404. -- akukkuka -- j!ta of enormous height (of a tree) M i.233=S iii.141 (text: akukkaj!ta)
=iv.167; A ii.200 (text: akukkuccakaj!ta). Kern (Toev. s. v. kukka) takes it to mean "grown crooked," a˚
the opposite.
Kukkucca
Kukkucca [kud -- kicca] 1. bad doing, misconduct, bad character. Def. kucchita' kata' kukata' tassa bh!vo
kukkucca' Vism 470 & Bdhd 24; -- Various explanations in Nd2 on Sn 1106=Dhs 1160, in its literal sense
it is bad behaviour with hands and feet (hattha -- pada˚) J i.119=DA i.42 (in combn with ukk!sita &
khipitasadda); hattha˚ alone J ii.142. -- 2. remorse, scruple, worry. In this sense often with vippa&iss!ra; and
in conn. w. uddhacca it is the fourth of the five n"vara*as (q. v.) Vin i.49; iv.70; D i.246; S i.99; M i.437; A
i.134=Sn 1106; A i.282; Sn 925; Nd2 379; DhA iii.483; iv.88; Sdhp 459; Bdhd 96. -- na kiñci k˚' na koci
vippa&iss!reti "has nobody any remorse?" S iii.120=iv.46. The dispelling of scrupulousness is one of the
duties and virtues of a muni: k˚' vinodetu' A v.72; k. pah!ya D i.71=A ii.210=Pug 59; chinnakukkucca
(adj.) free from remorse M i.108; kh"*!sava k˚ -- v(pasanta S i.167=Sn 82. -- akukkucca (adj.) free from
worry, having no remorse Sn 850. Kukkucca' kurute (c. gen.) to be scrupulous about J i.377; kari'su DhA
iv.88; cp. kukkucca' !pajjati (expl. by sankati) J iii.66.
Kukkuccaka