uṇṇa

Uṇṇā (f.)

  1. wool AN.iii.37 = AN.iv.265 (+ kappāsā cotton) Ja.ii.147; Snp-a.263 (patt˚).
  2. hair between the eyebrows Snp.1022, & in stock phrase, describing one of the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa, bhamuk;’antare jātā uṇṇā odātā etc. DN.ii.18 = DN.iii.144 = DN.iii.170 = Snp-a.285. Also at Vism.552 in jāti-uṇṇāya.
  • -ja in uṇṇaja mukha Ja.vi.218, meaning “rounded swelling” (C. explains by kañcan’ādāso viya paripuṇṇaṃ mukhaṃ).
  • -nābhi (either uṇṇa˚ or uṇṇā, cp. Vedic ūrṇavābhi, ūrṇa + vābhi from Idg. *ṷebh to weave as in Lat. vespa = wasp, of which shorter root in Sk. ) a spider, lit. “wool-i.e. thread-weaver”, only in combn. with sarabū & mūsikā at Vin.ii.110 = AN.ii.73 = Ja.ii.147 (= makkaṭaka C).

Sk. ūrṇa & ūrṇā; Lat. lāna wool; Goth. wulla; Ohg. wolla = E. wool; Lith. vilna; Cymr gwlan (= E. flannel); Gr. λ ̈ηνος, also ου ̈ ̓λος = Lat. vellus (fleece) = Ags. wil-mod