kIvant
Kīvant and Kīva (interrogative adjective and adverb) [Sanskrit kiyant and kīvant; formed from interrogative stem ki] how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cf. relative yāva). As indefinite: Kīvanto tattha bheravā "however great the terrors" Snp 959. — Kīva kaṭuka how painful? Pv-a 226; k°-ciraṃ how long? Pj and Snp 1004; k°-dīghaṃ same Snp page 126; °k-dūre how far? Miln 16; Dhp-a I 386; k°-mahantaṃ {195} how big? Dhp-a I 29; Vv-a 325; k°-bahuṃ how much? Dhp-a IV 193.
[ kīvant , see keva .]
(adj, adj) how great? how many? of what qualities?