monkey (freq. in similes) Snp.791; Thag.1080; Ja.i.170; Ja.iii.148, cp. kavi.

• -kacchu the plant Mucuna pruritus Pv.ii.3#10; ˚phala its fruit Pv-a.86;
• -citta “having a monkey’s mind, capricious, fickle Ja.iii.148 = Ja.iii.525;
• -naccanā Npl., Pv.iv.1#37;
• -niddā “monkey-sleep,” dozing Mil.300.

Sk. kapi, original designation of a brownish colour, cp. kapila & kapota