(wooden) spoon, a ladle; (met.) the hood of a snake (dabbimattā, phaṇapuṭakā Dhp-a.iv.132)
■ Dhp.64 gen. & instr, davyā Ja.iii.218; Mil.365
■ In cpds dabbi˚.

• -kaṇṇa the tip of the ladle Dhp-a.i.371;
• -gāha holding a spoon, viz. for the purposes of offering MN.ii.157 (of a priest); Pv.ii.9#53 (= kaṭacchu-gāhika Pv-a.135)
• -mukha a kind of bird Ja.vi.540 (= āṭa);
• -homa a spoon oblation DN.i.9.

Sk. darvī = *dāru-ī made of wood, see dāru