1. (m. the blue jay (Ja.ii.350 k. sakuṇo).
2. (f.) a hen (or the female of the jay?), in simile fr. the Apadāna of a hen watching her egg Vism.36 (aṇḍaṃ anurakkhamānā) Ja.iii.375 (rakkhati); cp. Snp-a.317 (kikī sakuṇikā aṇḍassa upari seti).

onomat. to sound-root kṛ; (see note on gala), cp. Sk. kṛka-vāku cock, after the cry of the bird