pAyaka · adjective
pāyaka , adj. or subst. m. ( Skt. drinking, drinker ), ( 1 ) drinking , with implication of purpose (see -pāya , and § 22.3 ): pānīyaṃ pāyako Mv iii.29.11 , to drink water ; ( 2 ) young (of an animal), orig. presumably ‘drinker’, suckling : yathā āraṇyakaṃ nāgaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nveti pāyako Mv iii.459.21 ( vs ); mg. confirmed by same line in Pali , Jāt. v.259.21 … poto anveti pacchato (pota = pāyaka).
one who makes suck or drink
Pāyaka (—°) [from pā to drink] drinking Ja I 252 (vāruṇi°)
【形】 令人吮吸者，使喝者。
(adj, adj) who makes suck or drink