Vallī (feminine) [cf. Sanskrit vallī; for etymology see valaya] 1. a climbing plant, a creeper Vin III 144; Ja V 37; VI 536; Vv-a 147, 335 (here as a root?). — santānaka° a long, spreading creeper Vv-a 94, 162. 2. a reed or rush used as a string or rope for binding or tying (especially in building), bast (?) M I 190 (Neumann, "Binse"); Ja III 52 (satta rohita-macche uddharitvā valliyā āvuṇitvā netvā etc.), 333 (in similar connection); Dhp-a III 118. 3. in kaṇṇa° the lobe of the ear Mhv 25, 94. — The compound form of vallī is valli°. -koṭī the tips of a creeper Ja VI 548; -pakka the fruit of a creeper Vv 33 30 ; -phala = °pakka Ja IV 445; -santāna spreadings or shoots of a creeper Pj I 48; -hāraka carrying a (garland of) creeper Vism 523 = Vibh-a 131 (in comparison illustrating the paṭicca-samuppāda).
(fem, fem, from valla) rope [lit.] creeper Construction: √vall + i + ī valli + ī