Kāka
Kāka,[onomat.,cp.Sk.kāka; for other onomat.relatives see note on gala] the crow; freq.in similes:S.I,124= Sn.448; J.I,164.Its thievish ways are described at DhA.III,352; said to have ten bad qualities A.V,149; J.I,342; III,126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.IV,40.-- As bird (of the dead) frequenting places of interment and cremation,often with other carcass-eating animals (sigāla,gijjha) Sn.201; PvA.198 (=dhaṅka); cp.kākoḷa.-- In cpds.often used derisively.-- f.kākī J.II,39,150; III,431.
--āmasaka “touching as much as a crow,” attr.of a person not enjoying his meals DhA.IV,16; DhsA.404; --uṭṭepaka a crow-scarer,a boy under fifteen,employed as such in the monastery grounds Vin.I,79 cp.371.--opamā the simile of the crow DhA.II,75.--orava “crow-cawing,” appld to angry and confused words Vin.I,239,cp.IV.82; --ôlūka crows and owls J.II,351; DhA.I,50; Mhbv 15; --guyha (tall) enough to hide a crow (of young corn,yava) J.II,174; cp.J.trsl.II.122; --nīḷa a crow’s nest J.II,365; --paññā “crow-wisdom,” i.e.foolishness which leads to ruin through greed J.V,255,258; cp.VI,358; --paṭṭanaka a deserted village,inhabited only by crows J.VI,456; --pāda crow’s foot or footmark Vism.179 (as pattern); --peyya “(so full) that a crow can easily drink of it,” full to the brim,overflowing,of a pond:samatittika k° “with even banks and drinkable for crows” (i.e.with the water on a level with the land) D.I,244; S.II,134 (do.); D.II,89; M.I,435; A.III,27; J.II,174; Ud.90; cp.note to J.trsl.II.122; PvA.202.See also peyya.--bhatta “a crow’s meal,” i.e.remnants left from a meal thrown out for the crows J.II,149; --vaṇṇa “crow-coloured” N.of a king Mhvs 2211; --vassa the cry of a crow Vin.II,17; --sīsa the head of a crow J.II,351; as adj.:having a crow’s head,appld to a fabulous flying horse D.II,174; cp.J.II,129; --sūra a “crow-hero,” appl.to a shameless,unconscientious fellow Dh.244; DhA.III,352; --ssaraka (having a voice) sounding like a crow Vin.I,115.(Page 202)