feminine · laṭṭhi 1 · laṭṭhi 2
a staff; a young tree
Laṭṭhi (feminine) [Sanskrit yaṣṭi, with l for y; also in Prākrit see Pischel, Pkt Gr. §255 and cf. Geiger, Pāli Grammar §46.3. The doublet yaṭṭhi also in Pāli] 1. a staff, stick D I 105 (patoda° goad), 126 (the same); Vv-a 64 (the same); Ja IV 310 (laṭṭhī hata = laṭṭhiyā hata commentary); V 280; Miln 27. 2. stick of sugar cane (ucchu°) Pv-a 257. 3. sprout of a plant, offshoot Ja III 161 (in simile); usually —°, as in aṅga° sprout Thig-a 226; dālika° of the d. creeper Thig 297; beḷuva° of the Vilva tree Pj I 118; sala° of the Sal tree A II 200. Found also in names of places, as Laṭṭhivana (Ja I 83 etc.). -madhu (ka) "cane-honey," i.e. liquorice Ja IV 537; Dhp-a IV 171 (°ka).
(fem, fem) stick; rod; switch; anything thin or slender staff
(fem, fem) young tree; sapling young tree
(fem, fem) walking stick; staff