adverb (for) a few days Vin.iii.14; Ja.i.152, Ja.i.298, Ja.i.466; Ja.ii.38 Ja.iii.48; Ja.iv.147; Mhvs.7, Mhvs.38; Pv-a.145, Pv-a.161; Vv-a.222 katipāhena (instr.) within a few days Mhvs.17, Mhvs.41; Dhp-a.i.344; Pv-a.13, Pv-a.161. katipāh’accayena after (the lapse of) a few days Ja.i.245; Dhp-a.i.175; Pv-a.47.

katipaya + ahan, contracted, see aha²