hip, waist Vin.iii.22, Vin.iii.112; Cnd.659; Ja.iv.32; Mil.418. In compounds also kaṭa (q.v.).

• -thālaka a cert. bone on the small of the back Ja.vi.509.
• -padesa the buttocks Ja.iii.37.
• -pamāṇa (adj. as far as the waist Ja.vi.593.
• -pariyosāna the end of the hips, the bottom Ja.ii.275.
• -puthulaka (adj.) with broad hips, having beautiful hips Ja.v.303 (in explⁿ of soṇī puthulā).
• -bhāga the waist Ja.iii.373.
• -bhāra a burden carried on the hip (see [a way of carrying children](/define/a way of carrying children)) Vin.ii.137; Vin.iii.49.
• -sandhi the joint of the hip Mil.418, Vism.185.
• -samohita (adj.) fastened or clinging to the waist Ja.v.206.
• -thālaka a cert. bone on the small of the back Ja.vi.509.
• -suttaka a string or cord around the waist to fasten the loin-cloth Vin.ii.271 also an ornamental waist-band, girdle Vin.ii.107 (see Vin. Texts iii.69, 142, 348).

Sk. kaṭi, *(s)qṷel; orig. bending, curvature, cp. Gr. σκέλος hip, Lat. scelus crooked deed, Ger. scheel squint