masculine ~ā, feminine
Uñcha and Uñchā (feminine) [Sanskrit uñcha and uñchana, to uñch Neumann's etymology uñchā = English ounce, German unze (Majjhima translation2 II 682) is incorrect, see Walde Latin Wtb. under uncia] — anything gathered for sustenance, gleaning S II 281; A I 36; III 66 f., 104; Vin III 87; {115} Snp 977; Thig 329, 349; Ja III 389; IV 23, 28, 434, 471 (°ya, dative = phalāphalatthāya commentary); Thig-a 235, 242. Cf. samuñchaka. — aññāt°, marked off as discarded [goods] S II 281, so Spk II 240. -cariyā wandering for, or on search for gleaning, Ja II 272; III 37, 515; V 3; Sv I 270; Vv-a 103; Thig-a 208; -cārika (adjective) going about after gleanings, one of 8 kinds of tāpasā Pj II 295 (cf. Sv I 270, 271).-patta the gleaning-bowl, in phrase uñchāpattāgate rato {129} "fond of that which has come into the gleaning-bowl " Thag 155 = Pv IV 7 (= uñchena bhikkhācārena laddhe pattagate āhāre rato Pv-a 265; translated in Ps.B. "contented with whatever fills the bowl").
gleaning; gathering food from the wild; gathering food by begging; (also possibly: gleaned or begged food;)
(masc, masc, from uñchati) gleaning; food gathered for subsistence anything gathered for sustenance Construction: √uñch + a