masculine · kūpa 3 · kūpa 1
well
Kūpa (masculine) [Vedic kūpa, original curvature viz. (a) interior = cavity, cf. Latin cupa, Greek κύπελλον cup; also Greek κύμβη, Sanskrit kumbha; (b) exterior = heap, cf. Anglo-Saxon heap, Old High German heap, Sanskrit kūpa mast]. 1. a pit, a cavity: akkhi° the socket of the eye M I 80, 245; As 306; gūtha° a cesspool D II 324; Snp 279; Pv II 3 16 ; Pp 36; miḷha° a pit for evacuations Pañca-g 24; loma° the root of the hair, a pore of the skin Sv I 57; Vism 262, 360; also in na loma-kūpamattaṃ pi not even a hair root Ja I 31; III 55; vacca° = gūtha° Vin II 141, 222. As a tank or a well: Ja VI 213; Vv-a 305. 2. the mast of a boat Ja III 126; Miln 363, 378. See next. -khaṇa one who digs a pit Ja VI 213; -tala the floor of a pit Vism 362.
a hollow pit; a well
【陽】 井，洞。
(masc, masc, in comps) well
(masc, masc, in comps) pore; follicle
(masc, masc, in comps) hole; pit; trench