1. a staff, stick, pole MN.iii.133 (tomara˚ goad); SN.i.115 (pācana˚ driving stick, goad); Mil.2; Dhp-a.iii.140 (kattara˚ a mendicant’s staff); Pv-a.241; Vb-a.241 (yantacakka˚); Mhvs.11, Mhvs.10 (veḷu˚ a bamboo pole).
2. a stem, stalk (of a plant), cane in ucchu˚; sugarstick sugar-cane Dhp-a.iii.315 (= ucchu-khaṇḍika at Vv.33#26); Dhp-a.iv.199.
3. a measure of length (= 7 ratanas) Vb-a.343.

• -koṭi the end of the stick or staff Dhp-a.i.15.
• -madhukā (“cane-sweetness”) liquorice Mhvs.32, Mhvs.46
• -luddaka “stick-hunter” at Ja.iv.392 means a hunter with a lasso.

cp. Vedic yaṣṭi. Another Pali form is laṭṭhi