adjective dumb Vin.i.91 (andha, m., badhira); Snp.713; Dhp-a.ii.102 (andha, m., badhira); Snp-a.51 (in simile); Sdhp.12 Freq. combined with eḷa, deaf (q.v.).

Vedic mūka; see etym. …

…lā“ i.e. not babbling not dumb, in -mukha not (deaf &) dumb Snp-a.124 (aneḷamūga of Snp.70).

a + lālā interjection fr. sound root…

…also Mvu.iii.322
■ -mūga same as prec. “having a clear throat” i.e. not dumb, fig. clever, skilled DN.iii.265; Snp.70 (alālāmukha…

…Dhp-a.i.312. See also mūga.

• -dhātuka deaf by nature Ja.ii.63; Ja.iv.146; Dhp-a.i.346.

cp….

…mukhena eḷamūgaṃ“ i.e. called eḷamūga because of the saliva (foam?) dripping from its mouth, variant reading elamukha …

…mūkti to escape, Ags. smūgan to creep Ger. schmiegen to rub against. See further connections in Walde, Lat. Wtb., s. v. emungo. The…

…MN.i.115; Dhs-a.382 Also in mūga˚ leading to deafness Ja.i.45 (verse 254). Dhp-a.i.82 (paramattha-sacca˚).

for pakkhiya = Ved. pakṣya of…