masculine
neck
Kaṇṭha [°qṷent from °quelt, primarily neck, cf. Latin collus "the turner." Synonym with k. is gīvā, primarily throat, Sanskrit kaṇṭha] 1. throat A IV 131; Ja V 448; Miln 152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse); Pv-a 280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a 99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ tassita), 180 (sūci° like a needle's eye, cf. sūcicchidda. v.l. sūcikaṭṭha "whose bones are like needles"), 260 (visukkha-k.-oṭṭha-jivhā). 2. neck Vin I 15; Dhp 307 (kāsāva°); Vv 64 17 (explained at Vv-a 280 by gīvūpagasīsūpagādi-ābharaṇāni). Especially in locative kaṇṭhe round the neck, with reference to various things tied round, e.g. kuṇapaṃ k. āsattaṃ A IV 377; kuṇapaṃ k. baddhaṃ Ja I 5; k. mālā Ja I 166, 192; k. bandhanti vaḍḍhanaṃ Ja III 226; with the wreath of karavīra flowers (q.v.) on a criminal ready for execution: rattavaṇṇa-virala-mālāya bandhakaṇṭha Pv-a 4 (cf. Avś I 102; II 182; karavīra-mālābaddha [sakta II 182] °kaṇṭheguṇa). -kūpa the cavity of the throat Mhbv 137; -ja produced in the throat, i.e. guttural Sās 150; -suttaka an ornamental string or string of beads worn round the neck Vin II 106.
the throat; the neck
【陽】 脖子，咽喉。~ja,【形】 在咽喉中産生的，喉嚨的。~nāḷa,【陽】 咽喉。
(masc, masc) throat; neck neck, throat Construction: √kaṇ + tha