masculine, neuter · catukka 1 · catukka 2
Catukka 1 (neuter) [from catu = *catuka > *catukyaṃ] 1. a tetrad, a set of four, consisting of four parts: °pañcakajjhānā (plural) the fourfold and the fivefold system of meditation As 168; see compounds 2. a place where four roads meet Ja VI 389; Miln 330 (see also below); especially in phrase catukke catukke kasāhi tāḷeti (or is it "in sets of four"? See {233} Morris, JPTS 1884, 79) Ja I 326; II 123; Dhp-a IV 52. 3. a square (in a village) Miln 1, 365; Ja II 194; V 459; Dhp-a 317. -bhatta a meal for four bhikkhus Vin II 77; III 160; -magga the fourfold path Nett 113; -yañña (usually sabba catukka°) a sacrifice consisting of (all) the four parts Ja III 44, 45; Pv-a 280; cf. Ja I 335. (Or is it the "cross-road sacrifice"°). {261} Catukka 2 [originally "consisting only of one quarter"?] empty, shallow, little Nidd II §415 (°pañña, with omaka-pañña, lāmaka-p°); Ja IV 441 (nadī = tuccha commentary).
a set of four; a collection of four; a tetrad; a section consisting of sets of four
【中】 四個一組，交叉道路。
(adj, adj, from catu) four-fold Construction: catu + ka
(nt, nt, from catu) tetrad; group of four set of four Construction: catu + ka
(nt, nt, from catu) cross road Construction: catu + ka