mf(ikA [akA w.r.])n. speaking, saying, telling anything (gen.), [Hit.]; [BhP.]
speaking of, treating of, declaring (with gen. or ifc.), [RāmatUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
expressive of, expressing, signifying, [RPrāt.]; [RāmatUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
verbal, expressed by words, [MW.]
m. a speaker, reciter, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a significant sound, word, [W.]
a messenger, [ib.]