a pronom. base appearing in kútas, kútra, kuvíd, kúha, kvá, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
originally perhaps signified ‘how (strange!)’
as a separate word occurs only in the lengthened form 3. kū́, q.v.
f. the earth, [Āryabh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [VarBṛ.]; [BhP. vi, 1, 42]
the ground or base of a triangle or other plane figure, Comm. on [Āryabh.]
the number ‘one’.
See √ 1. kū.