KARu · masculine, neuter
Khāṇu [also often spelled khānu; probably = Sanskrit sthāṇu, corrupted in etymology with khaṇati, cf. Trenckner, "Notes" 58, note 6] a stump (of a tree), a stake. Often used in description of uneven roads; together with kaṇṭaka, thorns A I 35; III 389; Vism 261 (°paharaṇaggi), 342 (°magga); Pj II 334. — jhāma° a burnt stump (as characteristic of kāḷaka) S IV 193. — nikhāta° an uprooted trunk Sv I 73. Khāṇu-kondañña name of a Thera Vism 380; Dhp-a II 254.
khāṇu , m. (= Pali id. , associated with kaṇṭaka, thorn ; Skt. sthāṇu; a theoretical *skhāṇu is implied), stump (as a worthless and impeding element): Mvy 6970 °ṇuḥ; LV 39.22 (prose) vyapagata-tṛṇa-khāṇu-kaṇṭaka- …; Mv ii.350.18 ( vs ) khāṇū ca kaṇṭa- … (corrupt); Gv 482.7 ( vs ), cited Śikṣ 102.1 , rāga-doṣa-tṛṇa-khāṇu- ( Gv 1 ed. corruptly khallu-, 2d ed. and Śikṣ khāṇu-)-kaṇṭakaṃ. Furthermore read khāṇu for khāṇḍa , q.v. , reported as mss. reading Mv i.215.14 = ii.18.10 .
(occasionally written as khānu) a stump (of a tree); a trunk
【陽、中】 殘株，柱。~ka,【陽】 殘株，樹樁，小柱。
(masc, masc) tree stump stump, stake, small post