Nāḷī (f.) & (in cpds.) nāḷi [Sk. nāḍī, see nala] a hollow stalk, tube, pipe; also a measure of capacity Vin i.249; A iii.49; J i.98 (suvaṇṇa˚), 124 (taṇḍula˚), 419;iii.220 (kaṇḍa˚ a quiver); iv.67; DhA ii.193 (tela˚), 257. Cp. pa˚.   -- paṭṭa a covering for the head, a cap J vi.370, 444 (text ˚vaṭṭa); -- matta as much as a tube holds A ii.199; PvA 283; DhA ii.70; J i.419 (of aja -- laṇḍikā).