masculine · māsa 1.1 · māsa 1.2
month
a month; a kind of bean, Phaseolus Indica
Māsa 1 [cf. Vedic māsa, and mās; Greek μήν (Ionic μείς); Avesta māh (moon and month); Latin mensis; Old-Irish mī; Gothic mena = moon; Old High German māno, mānōt month. French °mē to measure: see mināti] a month, as the 12th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March): Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, Sāvaṇa, Poṭṭhapāda, Assayuja, Kattika, Māgasira, Phussa, Māgha, Phagguna. As to the names cf. nakkhatta. Usually in accusative, used adverbially; nominative rare, e.g. aḍḍha-māso half-month Vv-a 66; Āsāḷhi-māsa Vv-a 307 (= gimhānaṃ pacchima māsa); plural dve māsā Pv-a 34 (read māse); cattāro gimhāna-māsā Pj I 192 (of which the 1st is Citra, otherwise called Paṭhama-gimha "1st summer" and Bāla-vasanta "premature spring"). — Instrumental plural catūhi māsehi Miln. 82; Pv I 10 12 . — accusative plural as adverb: dasamāse 10 months Ja I 52; bahu-māse Pv-a 135; also neuter chammāsāni 6 months S III 155. Frequently accusative singular collectively: a period of ..., e.g. temāsaṃ 3 months As 15; Pv-a 20; catu° Sv I 83; Pv-a 96; satta° Pv-a 20; dasa° Pv-a 63; aḍḍha° a fortnight Vin IV 117. — On māsa (and feminine māsī), as well as shortened form °ma see puṇṇa. -puṇṇatā fullness or completion of the month Sv I 140; -mattaṃ (adverb) for the duration of a month Pv-a 19. Māsa 2 [Vedic māṣa, Phaseolus indica, closely related to another species: mudga Phaseolus mungo ] a bean ( Phaseolus indica or radiata ); usually combined with mugga, e.g. Vin III 64; Miln 267, 341; Sv I 83. Also used as a weight (or measure?) in dhañña-māsa, which is said to be equal to 7 likkhās: Vibh-a 343. — plural māse Vv 80 6 (= māsa-sassāni Vv-a 310). -odaka bean-water Pj I 237; -khetta a field of beans Vv-a 80 8 ; Vv-a 308; -bīja bean-seed Dhp-a III 212; -vana plantation Ja V 37 (+ mugga°). Māsa 3 [identical with māsa 2 ] a small coin (= māsaka) Ja II 425 (satta māsā = s. māsakā commentary).
【陽】 一個月，綠豆（一種直立灌木狀一年生豆類 (Phaseolus aureus)，可能原産印度，現廣泛栽培於溫暖地區，作綠肥或飼料，種子可食，通常綠色或黃色，是中國烹調中豆芽的主要原料）。~sika,【形】 每個月都發生的，一個月一次的。
(masc, masc, from miṇāti) month month Construction: √mā + sa
(nt, nt, from miṇāti) month Construction: √mā + sa
(masc, masc) bean kind of bean, Phaseolus Indica