1. (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) DN.iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); MN.i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); Ja.i.77, Ja.i.273 (tettiṃs’-angul’āyato khaggo); Ja.iii.438; Vv.84#15 (˚aṃsa; cp. expl^n. at Vv-a.339) Snp-a.447; Dhs-a.48; Pv-a.152 (dāṭhā fangs; lomā hair), Pv-a.185 (˚vaṭṭa); Sdhp.257.
2. (n.) a bow Ja.iii.438.

• -agga having its point (end) stretched forward, i.e. in the future (see āyati) Iti.15, Iti.52.
• -paṇhin having long eye-lashes (one of the signs of a Mahāpurisa) DN.ii.17 DN.iii.143.
• -pamha a long eye-lash Thig.384 (= dīghapakhuma Thag-a.250).

Sk. āyata, pp. of ā + yam, cp. āyamati