feminine · gīvā 1 · gīvā 2
neck
Gīvā (feminine) [Sanskrit grīvā, to °g°er to swallow, as signifying throat: see note on gala for etymology] 1. the neck Snp 609; Ja I 74 (°ṃ pasāreti to stretch forth), 167 (pasārita°), 207, 222, 265; III 52; Vv-a 27 (mayūra°), 157; Sv I 296 (°āya kuṇḍa-daṇḍaka-bandhana, as exhibition and punishment): similarly in the sense of "life" (hinting at decapitation) Ja II 300 (°ṃ karissāmi "I shall go for his neck"); IV 431 = V 23. — Synonym kaṇṭha the primary meaning of which is neck, whereas gīvā originally throat. 2. requirement of the payment of damages Sp 319, cf. IT 6 (1979), 275 f.
the neck (of humans and animals); the neck of a jar
【陰】 脖子。
(fem, fem) neck neck
(fem, fem) exhibition punishment [lit.] neck