calaka 1.1 · calaka 2.1
Calaka 1 (masculine) a camp marshal, adjutant D I 51 (in list of various occupations); A IV 107 f. Calaka 2 (neuter) [perhaps from carv to chew; but Sanskrit carvana, chewing, is not found in the specific sense of {264} Pāli calaka. Cf. ucchiṭṭha and cuṇṇa] a piece of meat thrown away after having been chewed Vin II 115; IV 266 (= vighāsa); Vv-a 222 (°aṭṭhikāni meat remnants and bones).
(masc, masc, from calati) military officer; captain; major military officer [lit.] shaker Construction: √cal + aka
(nt, nt) food spat out after being chewed piece of food thrown away after its been chewed