cock Mil.363; Ja.iv.58; Vv-a.163; f. kukkuṭī a hen Dhp-a.i.48; Thag-a.255; in simile MN.i.104 = MN.i.357 = AN.iv.125 sq., AN.iv.176 sq. (cp. ˚potako).

• -aṇḍa (kukkuṭ˚) a hen’s egg Vism.261.
• -patta the wing of a cock AN.iv.47.
• -potaka a chicken, in simile MN.i.104 = MN.i.357 = AN.iv.126 = AN.iv.176.
• -yuddha a cock fight DN.i.6;
• -lakkhaṇa divining by means of a cock DN.i.9
• -sampātika a shower of hot ashes (cock as symbol of fire) AN.i.159 = DN.iii.75, cp. Divy.316 and see Morris J.P.T.S. 1885, 38;
• -sūkarā (pl.) cocks and pigs DN.i.5; AN.ii.209 = Pp.58; DN.i.141; AN.ii.42 sq.; Iti.36.

Sk. kurkuṭa & kukkuṭa; onomatopoetic = Lat. cucurio, Ger. kikeriki