(-˚) rind, shell (of fruit) only in compounds amba˚; Vin.ii.109; vaṃsa˚; Ja.i.352; veḷu˚; (a bit of bamboo) DN.ii.324; Ja.ii.267, Ja.ii.279; Ja.iii.276; Ja.iv.382.

cp. Sk. *peśikā