kuwikA · feminine
Kuṭikā (feminine) from kuṭī [BHS kuṭikā Avś II 156] a little hut, usually made of sticks, grass and clay, poetical of an abode of a bhikkhu Vin III 35, 41, 42 = Vv-a 10; Pv-a 42, 81; Dhp-a II 23. Cf. also tiṇa°, dāru°; arañña° a hut in the woods S I 61; III 116; IV 380. Often figurative for body (see kāya). Thag 1. — As adjective —°, e.g. aṭṭhakuṭiko gāmo a village of 8 huts Sv I 313.
kuṭikā (= Pali id. ; see kuṭi ), hut , usually as habitation of a monk, whether Buddhist or brahmanical: kuṭikāya ( loc. ) SP 115.1 ( vs ); °kāye ( loc. ) Mv i.328.1 ; parṇakuṭikā Mvy 5556 ; Divy 631.10, 13 ; °kā-dvāre Av ii.156.5 ; others Divy 338.22 ; 442.22 ; 538.20 ff. (of a pratyekabuddha); yaḥ punar bhiksuḥ sāṃghike vihāre uparivihāyasi kuṭikāyām … niṣīded … Prāt 506.5—6 ; in Mvy 8374 , MSV iii.87.19 , abbreviated designation of one of the saṃghāvaśeṣa sins, consisting in a monkʼs building a hut for himself in an improper place or manner, in violation of Prāt 480.8 ff.
a shelter; a small hut
(fem, fem, dimin of kuṭi) little hut; tiny cabin; small shack hut Construction: √kuṭ + i + kā kuṭi + kā