to cover, cover up, close (usually of doors windows) Vin.ii.134 (kaṇṇagūthakehi kaṇṇā thakitā honti: the ears were closed up), Vin.ii.148 (kavaṭā na thakīyanti, pass.), Vin.ii.209 (vātapāna); Vin.iv.54; Ja.iv.4 (sabbe apihitā dvārā; api-dhā = Gr. ἐπι χη˚, cp. Hom. Od. 9, 243 ἠλίβατον πέτρην ἑπέχηκε χύρησιν the Cyclops covered the door with a polished rock), Ja.v.214; Dhp-a.iv.180 (ṭhakesi, variant reading ṭhapesi); Vv-a.222; Pv-a.216 (dvārā Dāvs iv.33; Dāvs v.25 (chiddaṃ mālāguḷena th.).

Sk. sthagayati, Caus. to sthagati, from *steg to cover; cp. Gr. στέγω cover, τέγη roof; Lat. tego tegula (E. = tile), toga; Oir. tech house; Ohg. decchu cover, dah roof. On P. form cp. Trenckner, Notes, p. 62