feminine
a hollow stalk, a tube, a pipe; a tubular container; a measure of capacity
Nāḷī (feminine) and (in compounds) nāḷi [Sanskrit nāḍī, see nala] a hollow stalk, tube, pipe; also a measure of capacity Vin I 249; A III 49; Ja I 98 (suvaṇṇa°), 124 (taṇḍula°), 419; III 220 (kaṇḍa° a quiver); IV 67; Dhp-a II 193 (tela°), 257. Cf. pa°. -paṭṭa a covering for the head, a cap Ja VI 370, 444 (text °vaṭṭa); -matta as much as a tube holds A II 199; Pv-a 283; Dhp-a II 70; Ja I 419 (of aja-laṇḍikā).