tittaka

adjective sharp, bitter (of taste) MN.i.80 (˚alābu), MN.i.315 (id.); Pv-a.47 (id.; so read for tintaka lābu) Dhs.629 = Cnd.540 (tittika; enumerated between lavaṇa & kaṭuka); Dhs-a.320.

cp. Sk. tiktaka from tij