present 3 singular · kaṅkhati 1.1 · kaṅkhati 2.1
doubt
Kaṅkhati [Sanskrit kāṅkṣ cf. shank, Latin cunctor] 1. with locative: to be uncertain, unsettled, to doubt (synonym vicikicchati, with which always combined). Kaṅkhati vicikicchati dvīsu Mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu D I 106 is in doubt and perplexity about (Buddhaghosa's gloss, patthanaṃ uppādati Sv I 275, is more edifying than exact) = Snp 107; na kaṅkhati na vicikicchati S II 17 = III 135; kaṅkheyya vicikiccheyya S II 50, 54; III 122; V 225 (correct khaṅkheyya!) 226; same with Satthari kaṅkheyya dhamme k. saṅghe k. sikkhāya k. A IV 460 = V 17 = M I 101 = Dhs 1004; cf. Dhs. 1118. 2. with accusative: to expect, to wait for, to look forward to. Kālaṃ k. to abide one's time, to wait for death S I 65 (appiccho sorato danto k. k. bhāvito (so read for bhatiko) sudanto); Snp 516 (the same with bhāvito sadanto); It 69 (the same bhāvitatto). — J V 411 (= icchati); VI 229 (= oloketi). past participle kaṅkhita S III 99; Snp 540; (+ vicikicchita); infinitive kaṅkhituṃ S IV 350 = 399 (+ vicikicchituṃ).
doubts; is in doubt, is uncertain; wishes, hopes for; awaits
(pr, pr) has doubt; is uncertain (about) doubts, is uncertain Construction: kaṅkha + ti
(pr, pr) expects; awaits; looks forward (to) Construction: kaṅkha + ti