cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxi, 1]) hikkati, °te (Gr. also pf. jihikka, °kke &c.), to hiccup (hiccough), sob, make a spasmodic sound in the throat, [Pat.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] : Caus. P. hikkayati (aor. ajihikkat), to cause to hiccup, [Suśr.]; (Ā.) hikkayate, to injure, kill, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 12] (v.l. for kiṣk).