syllable & ending, functioning also as root, meaning “void, empty” or as n. meaning “space”; expld. by Bdhgh with ref. to dukkha as “khaṃ saddo pana tucche; tucchaṃ hi ākāsaṃ khan ti vuccati” Vism.494-In meaning “space, sky” in cpd. khaga “sky-goer (cp. viha-ga of same meaning), i.e. bird Abhp.624 Bdhd 56.