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pīte

pīta

masc acc pl of pīta (pp); nt acc pl of pīta (pp); masc loc sg of pīta (pp); nt loc sg of pīta (pp); …

1. drunk
2. drinking; sipping; lit. drunk
3. (of a metal) quenched; hardened in water; lit. drunk
4. (of medicine) taken; swallowed; lit. drunk
5. soaked; steeped; lit. drunk
6. yellow; golden
7. yellow colour

Etymology. √pā > pī + ta; from √pā 'drink'; Sanskrit pīta [pā]

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

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