1. throat AN.iv.131; Ja.v.448; Mil.152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse); Pv-a.280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a.99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ tassita), Pv-a.180 (sūci˚ like a needle’s eye, cp. sūcicchidda variant reading sūcikaṭṭha “whose bones are like needles”), Pv-a.260 (visukkha-k-ṭṭha-jivhā).
2. neck Vin.i.15; Dhp.307 (kāsāva˚); Vv.64#17 (expi^d at Vv-a.280 by gīvūpagasīsūpagādi-ābharaṇāni). Esp. in loc. kaṇṭhe round the neck, with ref. to var. things tied round, e.g. kuṇapaṃ k āsattaṃ AN.iv.377; kuṇapaṃ k. baddhaṃ Ja.i.5; k. mālā Ja.i.166, Ja.i.192; k. bandhanti vaḍḍhanaṃ Ja.iii.226; with the wreath of karavīra flowers (q.v.) on a criminal ready for execution: rattavaṇṇa-virala-mālāya bandhakaṇṭha Pv-a.4 (cp. Avs.i.102; Avs.ii.182; karavīra-mālābaddha [sakta ii.182]-kaṇṭheguṇa).

• -kūpa the cavity of the throat Mhbv.137.
• -ja produced in the throat, i.e. guttural Sāsv 150.
• -suttaka an ornamental string or string of beads worn round the neck Vin.ii.106.

*qṷent from *qṷelt, primarily neck, cp. Lat. collus “the turner.” Syn. with k. is gīvā, primarily throat Brh. kaṇṭha