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maṃ

mama(1), mamaṃ(2),see <see>ahaṃ</see>

maṃsaṃ

Flesh, meat

makarando

The nectar of a flower

makaro

Name of a mythical fish or sea monster

makaso

A gnat, a mosquito

makuṭo

and (makuṭaṃ)A crest, diadem, topknot, a crown

makulo

and (makulaṃ)An opening bud; a knob

makkaṭako

A spider

makkaṭo

A monkey

makkhaṇaṃ

Smearing; oil

makkhāpeti

To cause to be anointed

makkhikā

A fly

makkhito

Smeared, anointed, stained, soiled

makkhī

Concealing one’s vices

makkheti

To smear, to anoint; to rub out

makkho

Concealing one’s vices, hypocrisy

magadhā

Name of a people and country, Southern Behar

magasiraṃ

Name of a nakkhatta

mago

A deer or antelope

maggaṭṭho

Walking in one of the Four Paths

maggati

To trace out, to seek

magganā

and (magganaṃ)Tracing out, research

maggasiro

Name of a month

maggāmaggo

The right and the wrong way

maggiko

A traveller

magguro

A sort of fish

maggeti

To trace out, to seek

maggo

Trace, track; road, path, course, passage; urethra

maghavā

Indra

maghā

Name of a nakkhatta

maṅku

Troubled, restless, disturbed, put out, irritable, annoyed, angry, fretful, discontented

maṅkuṇo

A bug or flea

maṅgaliṭṭhakā

Auspicious brick, viz. what we call a foundation stone

maṅgalo

Auspicious, lucky; joyous, festive; belonging to state occasions

maccu

Death; yama

maccudheyyaṃ

The realm of Death

macco

Mortal, a man, a mortal

macco

Maternal

macchako

A fish

macchaṇḍī

Thickened or condensed juice of the sugarcane

macchabandho

A fisherman

maccharāyati

To be envious

macchariyaṃ

Avarice, niggardliness, selfishness, envy, churlishness

maccharī

Envious, niggardly

maccharo

Niggardly, envious, grudging

macchā

Good soil

macchiko

A fisherman

maccheraṃ

Avarice, niggardliness, selfishness, envy, churlishness

maccho

A fish

majjaṃ

Strong drink, spirituous liquor, wine, spirits

majjati

To be joyous; to be intoxicated

majjati

To rub, to polish

majjanaṃ

Intoxication; pride

majjanaṃ

Rubbing, polishing

majjapo

One who drinks strong drink; a winebibber, a drunkard

majjāro

A cat

majjhagato

Same meaning as next

majjhago

Going among, being in the midst of

majjhaṇho

Midday

majjhattatā

Impartiality, moderation, indifference

majjhatto

Impartial, neutral

majjhantiko

Midday

majjhanho

Midday

majjhimadeso

The Central Region, Central India

majjhimo

Middle, central, mean, moderate, of medium size

majjho

and (majjhaṃ) Middle, centre, interior; the waist

majjho

Middle, central

mañcako

A bed, a bedstead

mañcādhāro

A bedstead

mañco

A bed

mañjarī

A sprout; a compound pedicle

mañjiṭṭhā

Bengal madder

mañjīro

A foot ring, bangle

mañju

Beautiful, lovely, delightful

mañjūsako

Name of a celestial flower

mañjūsā

A bask box, casket

mañjeṭṭho

Light red

maññati

To think, to suppose, to imagine, to consider, to esteem, to know, to believe, to understand

maṭṭo

Polished, cleansed, pure, see <see>maṭṭho</see>

maṭṭho

Polished, cleansed, pure

maṇi

A gem, a jewel; a waterpot

maṇikaṃ

and (maṇiko)A waterpot

maṇikkhandho

A magic jewel

maṇibandho

The wrist

maṇimayo

Made of gems, or jewelled

maṇilakkhaṇaṃ

Telling a person’s fortune from the jewels in his possession

maṇisappo

A sort of venomous snake

maṇḍakappo

see <see>kappo</see>

maṇḍanaṃ

Adornment; an ornament

maṇḍano

Adorning

maṇḍapaṃ

A roofed open hall or temple, generally built for a temporary purpose, a pavilion

maṇḍabbo

Patronymic from Maṇḍu

maṇḍalaṃ

A disk, a circle; circuit, circumference; a district comprising a number of villages, a region, a province; a heap; a multitude

maṇḍalaggo

A crooked sword, a sabre

maṇḍalamālo

A circular house or hall with a peaked roof, a pavilion

maṇḍalikaṃ

Anything round, a circle or globe

maṇḍalissaro

A ruler, a sovereign

maṇḍalī

A disk, a circle

maṇḍalī

Having a disk, orbed, circular

maṇḍāpeti

To cause to be adorned

maṇḍito

Adorned

maṇḍukaṇṭako

A maṇḍu thorn, supposed to destroy a tree or plant pierced with it

maṇḍūko

A frog

maṇḍeti

To adorn, to decorate

maṇḍo

Scum, the top part of milk

matako

Dead; belonging to the dead, a ghost

mataṅgajo

An elephant

matapitiko

One whose father is dead

mati

Mind, understanding, intelligence, thought, imagination; knowledge, wisdom; wish; opinion, advice

matimā

Sensible, intelligent, wise

mato

Having died, dead

mato

Thought, considered, believed, understood, known

mattaṃ

This word is used only as the latter part of a compound, with the meaning “measure, quantity”, or “exact quantity, only, mere”, or “exact time, as soon as” pañcadharaṇamattaṃ, a weight of five dharaṇas

mattakaṃ

A substitute for mattaṃ at the end of a compound; diṭṭhamattako mitto, a friend as soon as seen, a friend at first sight

mattakāsinī

A charming woman

mattaññutā

Moderation

mattaññū

Moderate, temperate

mattā

Measure, quantity; right or suitable quantity, moderation; a little, an atom; greatness, importance

mattāsitā

Moderation in eating, temperance

mattikā

Earth, loam, clay, mud

mattikāmayo

Earthen

mattiko

Consisting of one māntrā or short syllable

mattiko

Maternal

mattiyo

Maternal

matteyyatā

State of being a mother, maternity

matteyyo

Maternal

matto

Intoxicated, drunk; mad, furious; excited; glad, joyful

matthako

and (matthakaṃ)The head; top, summit, end; excellence, eminence

matthaluṅgaṃ

The brain

matthu

Whey

mathati

To churn; to stir up, to agitate; to crush, to destroy

mathanaṃ

Churning, crushing

madanīyo

Intoxicating

madano

Kāma, the god of love; the plant vanguiera spinosa

madirā

Spirituous liquor

madīyo

Mine

mado

Intoxication; pride; enjoyment; the juice that flows from an elephant’s temples when in rut

maddati

To rub; to compress, to crush, to trample, to destroy

maddanaṃ

Rubbing, grinding, crushing, trampling

maddalo

A sort of drum

maddavo

Hanging loose or wrinkled, withered

maddā

Name of a country and its inhabitants

madhu

Sweet; pleasant, nice

madhukaro

A bee

madhukaro

Sweet

madhuko

Sweet

madhucchiṭṭhaṃ

Wax

madhuddumo

The tree bassia latifolia

madhupo

A bee

madhubbato

A honey bee

madhumeho

Diabetes

madhurako

The jīvaka plant

madhurattaṃ

Sweetness

madhurasā

A grape

madhurassaro

A sweet voice

madhuro

Sweet; agreeable

madhulaṭṭhikā

Liquorice, black root extract used as sweet

madhulīho

A bee

madhvāsavo

Wine made from the flowers of bassia latifolia

manaṃ

see <see>mano</see>

manaṃ

A little

manakkāro

Acute consciousness of pain or pleasure, sensitiveness

manacchaṭṭho

Of which mind is the sixth

manasikato

Attended to, borne in mind, pondered

manasikaroti

To mind, to attend, to pay attention to, to bear in mind, to think about, to ponder, to fix the mind on, to take to heart

manasikāreti

To fix the attention

manasikāro

Attention

manasicchati

To wish, to desire

manaso

A substitute for mano at the latter end of a compound

manassī

Sensible, intelligent, clever, prudent

manāpo

Pleasing, pleasant, charming, pretty

manāyatanaṃ

The mind

manituṃ

see <see>maññati</see>

manindriyaṃ

The organ of mind, the mind, the intellect

manujādhipo

A king

manujo

A man

manuñño

Beautiful, pleasing, delightful

manussako

Human

manussattaṃ

Man’s condition, humanity

manusso

A human being; a man

manesikā

One of the amusements forbidden to a bhikkhu, guessing the thoughts of others

mano

and (manaṃ)The mind, the intellect, the thoughts, the heart

manoduccaritaṃ

Sin of the mind or thoughts

manopubbaṅgamo

Having mind for its predecessor, following upon or resulting from the mind or thoughts, caused by the mind

manobhū

Kama the god of love, the Indian Cupid

manomayo

Springing from the mind, caused by the mind

manoratho

Wish, desire

manoramo

Pleasant, delightful, beautiful

manosilā

Red arsenic

manoseṭṭho

Having mind or viññāṇa for its chief, governed by the mind, founded on the mind

manoharo

Striking, beautiful, charming, captivating

mantaṇaṃ

Deliberation, consultation, resolution

mantadharo

Versed in the mantras

mantabbo

To be thought, to be considered

mantabhāṇī

Speaking wisely

mantā

Wisdom

mantindo

A chief counsellor, a minister

mantī

A counsellor, a minister

mantuṃ

and (mantvā)see <see>maññati</see>

manteti

To consult, to deliberate, to discuss; to talk, to converse

manto

Deliberation, resolution, counsel, design, plan, artifice; the vedic hymns; a sacred text; a mystic verse, a charm, an incantation

manthanī

A churn

mantharo

Slow, stupid

manthāno

A churning-stick

mantho

A churning-stick; a sort of rice cake i.e., sattu

mandagāmī

Marching slowly

mandabhāṇī

Speaking little

mandākinī

A name of the Ākāsagāṅgā or celestial river; name of one of the mahāsaras or great lakes of Himavanta

mandāravo

Erythrina fulgens

mandāro

A name of the western mountain behind which the sun sets

mandiraṃ

A house, an edifice; a town

mandībhāvo

Slackening, dulling

mando

Slow; stupid; dull; small; low, slight, weak

mamako

Mine

mamāyati

To be attached or devoted to

mamāyito

Concerning or belonging to oneself, own

mammacchedako

Breaking the joints

mayūkho

A ray of light

mayūro

A peacock

mayo

Made of, consisting of

maraṇaṃ

Dying, death

maraṇantiko

Bordering upon death

maraṇasati

Recollection of death, meditation on death

marati

To die

marammo

Burmese

maricaṃ

Pepper

mariyādā

A boundary, limit, rectitude, good conduct

marīci

A ray of light; mirage

marīcikā

Mirage

maru

A sandy desert; a mountain

maru

A deva

maro

Death

malaṃ

Dirt, filth; excrement; stain, taint; fault, defect; impurity, sin; rust

malataraṃ

A greater or worse taint

malayajo

Sandal wood

malayo

A mountainous range in the Dekhan; a mountainous district in Ceylon of which Adam’s Peak is the centre; a garden, a park; jungle

malinīkaroti

To stain, to pollute

malinībhavati

To be stained

malino

Dirty; dark, brown, black

malīmaso

Dirty, stained, polluted

mallako

A cup

mallikā

Arabian jasmine

malliko

A sort of goose with brown legs and bill

mallo

A professional wrestler; name of a people

masakkasāro

A name of Indra’s city.

masārako

A sort of bed

masāragallaṃ

A precious stone, a sort of cat’s eye

masi

Soot; ink

masuro

A sort of lentil, an edible seed of leguminous plant

massu

The beard

mahaānubhāvo

Powerful, mighty

mahaggato

Enlarged, extensive, great, lofty

mahagghaso

Eating much, highly fed

mahagghiyo

Costly

mahaggho

Of great value, costly, valuable

mahacchaṇo

A great festival

mahaṇṇavo

The ocean

mahati

To revere, to worship

mahattā

Great-souled, magnanimous

mahatthiko

Productive of great good, very advantageous

mahaddhano

Wealthy

mahantataro

Greater, superior, bigger

mahantatā

Greatness, bigness

mahanto

and mahaṃ(1) and mahā(2)Great, large, big; great, eminent; much; excessive; excellent

mahapphalo

Very fruitful, having great reward

mahabbalaṃ

Great strength; a strong force, a great army

mahabbalo

Having great strength, powerful, mighty

mahabbhayaṃ

Great fear, horror

mahallakattaṃ

Old age, seniority

mahallako

Old, aged; spacious, large, broad, big

mahallo

Old

mahā

Great

mahāaṭṭhakathā

The Great Commentary; the Mahā-Aṭṭhakathā was the oldest and most important of the commentaries upon the Tipiṭaka; the tradition is that it was rehearsed at the first Council, and brought to Ceylon by Mahinda who translated it into Singhalese. The commentaries of Buddhaghosa appear to have been chiefly compiled from it.

mahākathānaṃ

One of the high numerals, 10,000,000(to the 19th power), or 1 followed by a hundred and thirty three ciphers.

mahākando

Garlic

mahākappo

see <see>kappo</see>

mahākassapo

Name of a famous disciple of Buddha

mahākāruṇiko

Very compassionate

mahākulaṃ

A high family, a noble family

mahākulo

Belonging to a high or noble family

mahāgaṇī

Having crowds of disciples or followers

mahāguṇo

Having great qualities, virtuous

mahācāgo

Munificent, splendidly generous

mahājaniko

Belonging to the people

mahājano

The people, the populace, the public; most people, the generality of men, mankind; a great number of people, a multitude

mahātaṇho

Lustful

mahātalaṃ

The earth

mahātimi

Name of a mythical fish of vast size

mahāthūpo

The Great Dagoba. This is the name of a gigantic bell-shaped relic shrine built at Anurādhapura by King Duṭṭhagāmiṇī about 160 years B.C. It is still standing, though its outline is much injured, and is 150 feet in height

mahāthero

A great or eminent thera

mahādayo

Very compassionate, all-merciful

mahādaro

Anguish

mahādānaṃ

Great gifts or charity

mahādīpo

Great island

mahādhiti

Having great fortitude or perseverance

mahānaṃ

A kitchen

mahānadī

A great river

mahānasaṃ

A kitchen

mahānāgo

A great elephant, a state elephant; a great snake, a cobra; a great naga; an eminent person; a leader, a king; a bold warrior, a champion

mahānāmo

Name of a plant; name of the author of Mahāvaṃsa

mahānibbānaṃ

Nirvāṇa

mahānilo

A gale or hurricane, a strong wind

mahānisaṃso

Great advantage, great blessing

mahānisā

Midnight

mahānubhāvatā

Great power

mahāpaññatā

Great wisdom

mahāpañño

Having great wisdom, wise, learned

mahāpatho

A high road

mahāparādho

Very guilty, criminal

mahāpariccāgo

see <see>pariccāgo</see>

mahāparinibbānaṃ

By this term is meant the death of Buddha, lit. “the great attainment of nirvāṇa”.

mahāpātakaṃ

A great sin, a crime

mahāpuñño

Possessing great virtue or merit

mahāpuriso

A great man, an eminent man, a man born to greatness

mahābalaṃ

Great strength

mahābalo

Strong, mighty

mahābodhi

The great Bo tree. This name is given to the ficus religiosa at Buddha Gaya, under which Gotama attained Buddhaship, and also to the tree grown from it at Anurādhapura which still flourishes.

mahābrahmā

The archangel Brahman, also called Brahmā Sahampati

mahābhaddakappo

The Great Auspicious Cycle

mahābhayaṃ

Great fear

mahābhinikkhamanaṃ

The Great Retirement. This means Gotama’s retirement from the world and adoption of the ascetic life preparatory to the attainment of Buddhaship. Great Renunciation

mahābhūto

and (mahābhūtaṃ)A principal element

mahābhogo

Wealthy; having a great hood, said of a cobra

mahāmaggo

A high road

mahāmacco

A minister

mahāmati

Wise

mahāmatto

A king’s minister or companion, a great noble at court

mahāmahī

The earth

mahāmaho

A great festival, pomp, festivity

mahāmātā

Grandmother

mahāmukho

Having a big mouth

mahāmuni

A great sage or philosopher. Epithet of a Buddha. Epithet of Gotama Buddha

mahāmegho

A storm of rain, a thunderstorm

mahāyaso

Illustrious

mahāraññaṃ

A great forest

mahāraṭṭhaṃ

Siam

mahāraho

Valuable, costly

mahārājā

A great king, a king

mahāroruvo

Name of one of the eight narakas or hells

mahāvaṃso

The Great Dynasty. This is the name of a famous history of Ceylon written in Pāli by a monk named Mahānāma in the fifth century A.D.

mahāvanaṃ

A great forest

mahāvāṭo

A great pit

mahāvireko

Cholera

mahāvihāro

Great monastery

mahāvīro

. A common epithet of a Buddha; a mighty man, a great hero

mahāsatto

A noble or excellent man; a bodhisatta

mahāsaddo

A great noise, a loud shout

mahāsaddho

Having great faith

mahāsamaṇo

The great ascetic, the great philosopher, an epithet of the Buddha

mahāsammato

The Great Elect

mahāsaro

A great lake

mahāsahā

Globe amaranth, gomphraena globosa

mahāsālo

A man of great wealth and position, a magnate

mahāsālo

A great Sal-tree

mahāsāvako

A great disciple

mahāsirā

A tendon

mahāhanu

Large-jawed, gigantic

mahāhavo

War

mahāhāso

Loud laughter, a horse-laugh

mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ

The modern Mysore, Karnataka

mahiṃsāko

Mahīśāsaka

mahikā

Frost

mahicchatā

Lust, desire

mahiccho

Lustful

mahitalaṃ

The ground

mahito

Revered, worshipped

mahiddhikatā

Magical power

mahiddhiko

and (mahiddhiyo)Possessing supernatural power, miraculous, magical

mahindo

Indra; Mahendra, a great Buddhist missionary

mahindharo

A mountain

mahilā

A woman

mahisamaṇḍalaṃ

The modern Mysore, Karnataka

mahiso

A buffalo

mahissaro

Vishṇu

mahissaro

A king

mahī

The earth, the ground; place; land; name of a river

mahīdharo

A mountain

mahīpati

A king

mahīpālo

A king

mahīpo

A king

mahīyati

To be revered

mahīruho

A tree

mahīlatā

An earth-worm

mahussavo

A great festival

mahussāho

Energetic, persevering

mahesakkhattaṃ

Power, eminence, superiority

mahesakkho

Possessing great authority or influence, powerful, eminent, lit. “having the name of a great lord”.

mahesi

Great sage, great saint “the great ṛishi” is a common epithet of Buddha, or of any Buddha

mahesittaṃ

Queenship

mahesī

A king’s wife, a queen

maho

A festival

mahogho

A torrent, a flood

mahogho

Having a mighty stream

mahodadhi

The sea

mahorago

A great snake, a nāga

mahosadhaṃ

Dry ginger; the plant ativisū

The moon

Not, do not

mākkavo

The shrub eclipta prostrata

māgadhako

Belonging to Magadha

māgadhiko

Belonging to Magadha

māgadho

Belonging to Magadha

māgaviko

A deer-stalker, huntsman, sportsman

māgasiro

Name of a month

māghāto

Non-slaughter, interdiction of slaughter

māgho

Name of a month

māghyaṃ

The blossoms of the many-flowered jasmine

māṇavako

A young man, a youth, especially a young Brahmin

māṇavikā

A young woman, a girl, a brahmin girl

māṇavo

A boy; a youth, a young man, especially a young brahmin

mātaṅgo

An elephant; a caṇḍāla or man of the lowest caste

mātabbo

To be measured

mātali

Name of the charioteer of Sakka or Indra

mātā

A mother; a maternal grandmother

mātāpitaro

Father and mother, parents

mātāpettiko

Belonging to father and mother

mātāpettibharo

Supporting one’s parents

mātāmaho

A maternal grandfather

mātikā

A conduit, watercourse, canal for irrigation; a heading, head, outline, sketch, text, list, table of contents

mātito

On the mother’s side

mātiyo

Maternal

mātī

A conduit, canal, see <see>mātī</see>

mātuko

Having a mother

mātugāmo

Womankind, a woman, a female

mātughātako

A matricide

mātughāto

Matricide

mātucchā

Mother’s sister, aunt

mātujo

Born of a mother

mātulānī

A mother’s brother’s wife, an aunt

mātuluṅgo

The citron tree

mātulo

A mother’s brother, an uncle

mādanaṃ

Delighting; cloves

mādiso

Like me, such as I

mādī

Like me

mādo

Pride

mādhuro

Belonging to the town of Madhurā

mānaṃ

Measuring; a measure

mānattaṃ

This is the name of some sort of penance or punishment attached to the commission of a saṅghadisesa offence

mānado

Inspiring pride, a term of respect

mānanā

and (mānanaṃ)Honouring, revering offering

mānanīyo

and (mānaniyyo)That ought to be honoured, venerable

mānavā

Proud

mānavī

A woman

mānavo

Mankind, man; a man

mānasaṃ

The mind; arhatship; intention, purpose

mānasiko

Mental

mānaso

Lust intention, purpose

mānikā

A weight i.e., four doṇas

mānito

Revered, honoured

mānī

Proud, as latter part of a compound, thinking, fancying

mānuññakaṃ

Beauty, charm

mānusako

Human

mānuso

Human

māneti

To honour, to revere

māno

Pride, arrogance, vanity; honour, respect

māpako

Causing to appear by supernatural power

māpeti

To make, to prepare; to cause to appear by supernatural power, to create

māmako

Mine, my own; treating as one’s own, loving

māyā

Illusion, phantom, deceptive appearance, deceit; jugglery, magic; name of Buddha’s mother

māyāvī

Deceitful, hypocritical; subject to illusion; deluded

māyu

Bile, gall

māyūriko

A peacock hunter

māyūro

Belonging to peafowl

māyo

Measuring

mārako

A slaver

mārakheyyaṃ

The realm of Māra or Death, saṃsara or continued existence

māraji

Conqueror of Māra, an epithet of Buddha

māraṇaṃ

Killing, slaughter

mārattaṃ

State of being māra, māraship

mārāpeti

To cause to be killed, to put to death

māriciko

Prepared with pepper, peppered

mārito

see <see>mareti</see>

māriso

see <see>mādiso</see>, like me, such as I

māriso

A venerable person; the plant amaranthus polygamus; the voc. mārisa is sometimes used in addressing a person of high position

māruto

Wind

māreti

To kill, to destroy, to murder

māro

Death; killing; the Tempter, the Evil principle

mālako

A circular enclosure, yard, terrace, a consecrated enclosure

mālatī

The great-flowered jasmine

mālā

A wreath, a garland; a necklace; a flower; a row, a line

mālākāro

A gardener

mālāguṇo

A garland of flowers

mālāguḷo

A bouquet of flowers

mālikā

A garland; double jasmine

māliko

A gardener, a florist

mālī

Having a garland or row

māluto

Wind, air

māluvā

A creeper

mālūro

The tree eagle marmelos

mālo

A pavilion, a pagoda

mālyaṃ

A flower; a garland of flowers

māsako

A bean or vetch; a weight i.e., two guñjās; a coin of a low value

māso

A sort of kidney-bean, phaseolus radiatus

māso

and (māsaṃ)A month

māhikso

Belonging to buffaloes

māhisako

Belonging to buffaloes

migataṇhikā

Mirage

migadāyo

A deer park

migabandhinī

A hunting net

migamado

Musk

migamātukā

A sort of antelope

migavo

Hunting, deerstalking, the chase

migavyadho

The chase

migādano

A hyena

migādhibhū

King of beasts, the lion

migindo

King of beasts, the lion

migī

A doe

migī

King of beasts, a lion

migo

A deer or antelope; a wild beast, an animal; game

micchattaṃ

Wrongness, falsity, sin, misconduct

micchā

Falsely, wrongly

micchācārī

Acting or living wrongly

micchācāro

Wrong conduct or living

micchādiṭṭhi

Wrong views, false doctrine, scepticism, heresy, unbelief

micchādiṭṭhi

Heretical

micchādiṭṭhiko

Holding false doctrine, heretical, schismatic, unbelieving, pagan

micchādiṭṭhitā

False doctrine, heresy

micchāsaṅkappo

Wrong thought or resolve

miñjakaṃ

Same meaning as last

miñjā

and (miñjaṃ)Marrow; pith; kernel of a fruit or vegetable

mitabhāṇī

Speaking in moderation, a moderate talker

mito

Measured, reckoned; moderate

mittadūbhī

and (mittadūbhiko)Injuring one’s friends, treacherous, perfidious

mittadūbho

and (mittadūbhiko)Treacherous

mittaddu

and (mittadu)Injuring one’s friends, treacherous, perfidious

mittavā

Having friends

mitto

A friend

mithilā

Name of a town in India, the capital of the Videhas

mithunaṃ

A couple

mitho

and (mithu)Mutually, reciprocally, with each other, together; privately

middhaṃ

Sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence, torpor, stupor

middhī

Sleepy, drowsy, torpid, sluggish

minanaṃ

Measuring, surveying

mināti

To measure, gauge, survey

miyyati

To die, see <see>marati</see>

milakkhako

A barbarian, a foreigner, an out-caste, a hillman, one of the aborigines

milakkho

A barbarian, a foreigner, an out-caste, a hillman, one of the aborigines

milayati

To languish, to fade, to wither

milāto

Withered, faded; languid

milito

Mixed, conjoined

milindo

Menander, a king of the Yonakas whose theological discussions with the great Buddhist divine nāgasena form the subject of the well-known pāli work Milindapañha.

missako

Mixed; combined

missati

To be mixed

missībhūto

Mixed, joined, associated

misseti

To mix

misso

Mixed

mihitaṃ

A smile

mīno

A fish; the zodiacal sign Pisces

mīyati

To be measured

mīyati

see <see>marati</see>, to die

mīlati

To wink

mīḷhaṃ

Excrement

mukuro

A mirror

mukulo

and (mukulaṃ)A bud

mukko

Another form of mutto

mukhaṃ

The mouth; the face; front; entrance; brim; commencement; means, cause

mukhapāṭho

Verbal recital, by word of mouth, orally

mukharatā

Garrulity, talkativeness

mukharo

Noisiness; garrulous, noisy talkative

mukhavāsako

Mouth-perfume, a fragrant substance chewed to make the breath smell sweet

mukhādhānaṃ

The bit of a bridle

mukhullokako

Looking in a person’s face, cheerful, willing

mukhodakaṃ

Water to rinse the mouth with

mukhyo

Chief

muggariko

Armed with a club

muggaro

A hammer, mallet, club

muggo

A sort of kidney bean, phaseolus mungo

muṅguso

The mungoose or ichneumon

mucalindo

The tree barringtonia acutangula; name of a nāga king; name of one of the great lakes

muccati

see <see>muñcati</see>

muccanaṃ

Being released

mucchati

To become faint

mucchanaṃ

Fainting

mucchanā

A musical tone, the seventh part of the scale

mucchā

Fainting; swooning, faintness

muñcati

To loose; to release; to dismiss, to give up, to abandon, to omit; to send forth

muñcāpeti

To cause to be released

muñjāno

A proper name, patronymic from muñja

muñjāyano

A proper name, patronymic from muñja

muñjo

A sort of grass, saccharum muñja, from the fibre of which the brahminical string is made; a sort of fish

muṭṭhasaccaṃ

Forgetfulness, bewilderment

muṭṭhassati

Forgetful, careless, inattentive, unconscious, bewildered

muṭṭhi

The fist; a handful; a smith’s hammer

muṇḍakaṃ

Tonsure, shaving of head

muṇḍako

A shaveling

muṇḍanaṃ

Tonsure, shaving of head

muṇḍiko

Shaven, bald

muṇḍeti

To shave

muṇḍo

Shaved, bald, bare

muṇdiyaṃ

Baldness

muti

Understanding, intelligence

mutiṅgo

A small drum, a tabour

mutimā

Sensible, intelligent, wise

muto

Thought, supposed, considered

muttaṃ

Urine

muttakāmayo

Made of pearls

muttā

A pearl

muttāguṇo

A string of pearls

muttāmayo

Made of pearls

muttāmuttaṃ

A weapon which is both missile and non-missile, as a bludgeon

muttāvalī

A string or necklace of pearls

muttāhāro

A string or necklace of pearls

mutti

Release, deliverance; nirvāṇa

muttikaṃ

A pearl

mutto

Released, delivered; free, free from; discharged, shot

mudā

Joy, pleasure

muditābhāvanā

Increase or development of the feeling of benignity or kindliness, an exercise of religious meditation

mudito

Pleased, glad

mudu

Soft; mild; weak; blunt, slow

muduko

Soft

mudutā

Softness, impressibility

muddā

A seal, a signet; a seal-ring; a stamp, impression

muddikā

A seal, seal-ring, signet

muddikā

The vine, the grape, a grape

muddiko

One who practises muddā

muddito

Stamped, printed

muddeti

To stamp, to print

muddhajo

Sprung from the head

muddhatā

Simplicity, folly

muddhā

The head; top, summit

muddhābhisitto

A khattiya; a king

muddho

Stupid, foolish, simple

mudhā

In vain; gratis, for nothing

munāti

To gain knowledge of, to know, to learn

muni

A sage, an inspired man, a holy ascetic

munindo

Chief of sages, an epithet of Buddha

munissaro

Chief of sages, Buddha

mubbā

The creeper sanseviera zeylanica

muyhati

To be faint; to be perplexed, bewildered, infatuated

murajo

A sort of drum, a tambourine

muḷālo

and (muḷālaṃ)The stalk of the lotus

musati

To steal; to rob, to plunder

musalī

Armed with a club

musalo

and (musalaṃ)A club; a pestle

musā

Falsely

musābhaṇitā

A liar

musāvādī

Speaking falsely, lying

musāvādo

Lying, falsehood

muhu

and (muhuṃ)Momently, repeatedly

muhuttiko

An astrologer

muhutto

A moment, a while; a period of forty-eight minutes

mūgo

Dumb

mūlaṃ

A root; lowest part, base, foundation; origin, source, commencement; front, foremost, first; cause; nearness; sum, amount, mass; price, money; capital, principal

mūlako

and (mūlakaṃ)A radish

mūlako

Having its root or origin in, springing from

mūlyaṃ

Wages; price

mūḷho

Foolish; ignorant; deceived, erring, astray; misguided, infatuated; perplexed, confused

mūsā

A crucible

mūsiko

A mouse, a rat

me

A substitute for the instr. dat. and gen. cases of ahaṃ

mekhalā

A zone, a girdle

meghavaṇṇo

Cloud-coloured

megho

A cloud; storm, rain

mecako

Black, dark blue

mejjho

Pure

meṇḍo

A ram; a groom

metabbo

To be measured

mettā

Friendliness, friendly feeling, good will, kinduess, love, charity

mettābhāvanā

Development or increase of friendliness and good will towards all living beings, an exercise of religious meditation

mettī

Friendship, good will, love, charity

metteyyo

Name of a bodhisatta now in the tusita heaven who is to be the next buddha

metto

Friendly, kind, benevolent

metyaṃ

Friendship

methuno

Relating to sexual intercourse

medinī

The earth

meduro

Smooth

medo

A serous secretion that spreads among the mucular fibres, fat

medhago

Quarrel, strife

medhaṅkaro

Name of a Buddha

medhā

Intelligence

medhāvī

Intelligent, wise

medho

Sacrifice

meniko

A fisherman

meyyo

To be measured, measurable

merayaṃ

Intoxicating liquor, spirits, rum, arrack

meru

Mount Meru, a vast mountain occupying the centre of each cakkavāḷa, around which are the kulācalas or concentric circles of rock, and beyond these the four mahādīpas or great continents

melako

Assemblage

meso

A ram; the zodiacal sign Aries

mehanaṃ

Membrum virile

meho

Urine; a urinary disease

mokkhacikaṃ

Tumbling, acrobatic feats

mokkhati

see <see>muñcati</see>

mokkho

Principal, pre-eminent

mokkho

Release; Arhatship, nirvāṇa

moggallāno

Name of a famous disciple of Buddha, one of the aggasāvakas; name of a pali grammarian who lived in the twelfth century

mogho

Vain, useless, foolish

mocanaṃ

Release; removing

mocetā

One who liberates

moceti

To liberate; to release; to loose, to detach

moco

The plantain or banana tree, musa sapientum

modako

A sort of sweetmeat; ferment

modaṅgiko

One who plays the mutinga

modati

To rejoice, to enjoy oneself, to be happy

modanaṃ

Rejoicing

monaṃ

Silence

moneyyaṃ

State of a muni, moral perfection

momūho

Silly, mad

moro

A peacock

moli

A topknot of hair, chignon; a crest, diadem, aigrette

moleyyā

Name of a people

mosako

A thief

mosaliko

Armed with a club

moso

Theft, robbery

mohito

Infatuated, deluded

moheti

To bewilder, mislead

moho

Fainting, loss of consciousness; ignorance, delusion, error, folly, infatuation

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