nāvā

boat, ship Vin.iii.49 (q.v. for definition & description) SN.i.106 (eka-rukkhikā); SN.i.iii.155 = SN.i.v.51 = AN.iv.127 (sāmuddikā “a liner”); AN.ii.200; AN.iii.368; Snp.321, Snp.770, Snp.771; Dhp.369 (metaphor of the human body); Ja.i.239 Ja.ii.112; Ja.iii.126; Ja.iii.188; Ja.iv.2, Ja.iv.21, Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.75 (with “500 passengers), Ja.v.433; Ja.vi.160 (= nāvyā canal? or read nālaṃ?); Vv.6#1 (= pota Vv-a.42, with pop. etym. “satte netī ti nāvā ti vuccati”); Pv.iii.3#5 (= doṇi Pv-a.189) Mil.261 (100 cubits long); Dāvs iv.42; Pv-a.47, Pv-a.53 Sdhp.321. In simile Vism.690.

  • -tittha a ferry Ja.iii.230;
  • -sañcaraṇa (a place for) the traffic of boats, a port Mil.359.

Ved. nāuḥ & nāvā, Gr.; ναϋς, Lat. navis