[macʰuā], m. a fisherman.
[◀MIA: Pk. macchia- m. ‘fisherman’; Pa. macchika- m. ‘fisherman’ ◀OIA mātsyiká- m. ‘fisherman’ Pāṇ. <.mátsya- m. ‘fish’ RV., matsyaka- m. ‘little fish’ MBh. ◀PIE *mad- ‘to drip; wet; glossy, fat, well-fed’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. meat ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mate ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1006; (Turner, 1966) 10026, 9758; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 514; (MW, 1899) 0808, 0776; (Pokorny, 1959) 0694; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.297
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