Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), veilings, ribbon Vv.21#9 = Vv.69#9 (= gīveyyaka Vv-a); Ja.iv.395 (kacchaṃ nāgānaṃ bandhatha gīveyyaṃ paṭimuñcatha).
3. belt loin-or waist-cloth (cp. next) Vin.ii.319; Ja.v.306 (= saṃvelli); Mil.36; Dhp-a.i.389.

derivation unknown, cp. Sk. kakṣā, Lat. cohus, incohare & see details under gaha¹

Kacchā²

feminine & kaccha (m. nt.); the armpit Vin.i.15 (addasa… kacche vīṇaṃ… aññissā kacche ālambaraṃ); SN.i.122 = Snp.449 (sokaparetassa vīṃā kacchā abhassatha); Iti.76 (kacchehi sedā muccanti sweat drops from their armpits); Ja.v.434 = Dhp-a.iv.197 (thanaṃ dasseti k˚ṃ dass˚ nābhiṃ dass˚); Ja.v.435 (thanāni k˚ āni ca dassayantī; explained on Ja.v.437 by upakacchaka); Ja.vi.578. The phrase parūḷha-kaccha-nakhaloma means “with long-grown finger-nails and long hair in the armpit,” e.g. SN.i.78.

-loma (kaccha˚) hair growing in the armpit Mil.163 (should probably be read parūḷha-k
■ nakha-l., as above).

Derivation unknown, cp. Sk. kakṣa & kakṣā, Lat. coxa, Ohg. hahsa