Pāli Dictionary

sūnā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms


general

  • a slaughterhouse; a place of butchery

  • MN 54

    seyyathā'pi, gahapati, kukkuro jighacchādubbalyapareto goghātakasūnaṃ paccupaṭṭhito assa.

  • a chopping block; a butcher’s block

  • MN 23

    brāhmaṇo evam'āha, ukkhipa kummaṃ, abhikkhaṇa, sumedha, satthaṃ ādāyā'ti. abhikkhaṇanto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa asisūnaṃ. asisūnā, bhadante'ti.

sūna

approximate

śūnastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • swollen

suṇa

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


general

  • a dog

  • Ja 471

    āvellitasiṅgiko hi meṇḍo, na ca sunakhassa visāṇakāni atthi, tiṇabhakkho maṃsabhojano ca, atha meṇḍassa suṇena sakhyam'assa.

suṇāti

approximate

suṇāstemtisuffix

via inflected form suṇa · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb


general

  • hears

  • SN 35.246

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, rañño vā rājamah'āmattassa vā vīṇāya saddo assutapubbo assa. so vīṇāsaddaṃ suṇeyya. so evaṃ vadeyya, ambho, kassa nu kho eso saddo evaṃrajanīyo evaṃkamanīyo evaṃmadanīyo evaṃmucchanīyo evaṃbandhanīyo'ti?

  • AN 5.202

    pañc'ime, bhikkhave, ānisaṃsā dhammassavane. katame pañca? assutaṃ suṇāti, sutaṃ pariyodāpeti, kaṅkhaṃ vitarati, diṭṭhiṃ ujuṃ karoti, cittam'assa pasīdati.

  • listens to; heeds

  • SN 22.23

    pariññeyye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi pariññañ'ca. taṃ suṇātha. katame ca, bhikkhave, pariññeyyā dhammā?

suṇoti

approximate

suṇostemtisuffix

via inflected form suṇa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb


general

  • hears; listens

  • Snp 5.14

    kathaṃ satassa carato, viññāṇaṃ uparujjhati, bhagavantaṃ puṭṭhum'āgamma, taṃ suṇoma vaco tava.

  • Snp 2.12

    yadatthikaṃ brahmacariyaṃ acarī, kappāyano kacci'ssa taṃ amoghaṃ, nibbāyi so ādu saupādiseso, yathā vimutto ahu taṃ suṇoma.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

suña
  1. su

    well; good; right; thoroughly; very (prefix)

  2. ña

    knowing; who knows; familiar with

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