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jivhā

jivha

masc nom pl of jivha (adj); fem nom sg of jivha (adj); fem nom pl of jivha (adj); nt nom pl of jivha (adj); …

1. jivha (adj): with a tongue; having a tongue
2. jivhā (fem): tongue

Built from

• jivh- — root · tongue
  From IE *dnghu̯ə-. The root is primarily nominal, without verbal extension. In the canon, the tongue is a sense-faculty (indriya) and an organ of taste (rasa); figuratively, speech and its virtues or vices.
• -ā — ending · feminine nominative singular
  The -ā ending marks feminine nouns in Pali. Here it completes the nominative singular form jivhā, which addresses or identifies the tongue as subject or predicate nominative.

Etymology. From Indo-European *dnghu̯ə- 'tongue'. Cognates: Sanskrit jihvā, Latin lingua, Greek γλῶσσα (glossa), English tongue, German Zunge. The word belongs to a widespread IE family; Pali jivhā shows the characteristic loss of the initial dental stop (*dh- > j-) and the shift of the velar to palatal before the high vowel.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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