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sīse

sīsa

nt acc pl of sīsa (noun); nt loc sg of sīsa (noun); masc acc pl of sīsa (adj); nt acc pl of sīsa (adj); …

1. head
2. lead
3. (of a battle) front; forefront; front line; lit. head
4. heading; title; lit. head
5. highest point; lit. head
6. ear of corn; lit. head
7. with a head; having a (certain kind of) head; -headed

Etymology. Root √śiś- or √śīr-, meaning "to cut" or "to bind"; cognate with Sanskrit śīrṣa "head", Greek κορυφή korphē (via metathesis), and English shear, shorn. The word originally denoted the "top" or "uppermost part", from the sense of "that which is cut off" or "stands up".

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

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