masculine
Kheḷa [Sanskrit kheṭa, cf. kṣveḍa and śleṣma, Pāli silesuma. See also kilid and kilis, cf. ukkheṭita. On root kheḷa see keḷanā; it is given by Dhātup 279 in meaning "calana." The latter (khela) has of course nothing to do with kheḷa] phlegm, saliva, foam; usually with siṅghāṇikā ānikā mucus, sometimes in the sense of perspiration, sweat A I 34; IV 137; Snp 196 (+ siṅgh°); Khp II = Miln 26 (cf. Vism 263 in detail, and Pj I 66); Ja I 61; IV 23; VI 367; Vism 259, 343 (+ siṅghāṇikā), 362; Dhp-a III 181; IV 20, 170; Pv II 2 3 as food for petas, cf. Avś I 279 (kheṭamūtropajīvinī; II 113: kheṭavad utsr̥jya); Pv-a 80 (= niṭṭhubhana). {214} -kilinna wet with exudation Ja I 164; -mallaka a spitting box, a cuspidor Vin I 48; II 175, 209 f. ; -siṅghāṇikā phlegm and mucus Dhp-a I 50.
saliva, spittle
【陽】 唾液。~mallaka,【陽】 痰盂。
(masc, masc) saliva; spit; phlegm saliva