(~ā & -ikā)n. how great? how large? how much? how many?.

… ■ As indef.: a little; kittakaṃ jīvissāmi, Ja.v.505; kittakaṃ addhānaṃ a short time Vv-a.117 (= kiṃva ciraṃ).

fr. kīva, cp….

…Pv-a.243.

fr. etta = ettaka, cp. kittāvatā: kittaka

…in primary derivations, as kittaka, kīva (= Sk. kiyant) which stands in same relation to *qṷi as Lat. quantus to *qṷo; and in secondary…

…kiṃ va a little: see kittaka. 2. as interr. particle, introducing a question = Lat. nonne, Gr. α ̓́ν: kiṃ idāni…