Alla (adj.) (only ˚ -- ) [Vedic ārdra, to Gr. a)/rdw moisten, a)/rda dirt] -- 1. moist, wet M iii.94 (˚mattikā -- puñja a heap of moist clay; may be taken in meaning 2). -- 2. fresh (opp. stale), new; freshly plucked, gathered or caught, viz.˚âvalepana see adda3; ˚kusamuṭṭhi freshly plucked grass A v.234 = 249; ˚gomaya fresh dung A v.234; DhA i.377; ˚camma living skin Vism 195; ˚tiṇa fresh grass DA i.77; PvA 40; ˚dārūni green sticks J i.318; ˚madhu fresh honey DhA ii.197; ˚maŋsa -- sarīra a body of living flesh DhA ii.51 = iv.166; ˚rasa fresh -- tasting DhA ii.155; ˚rohita -- maccha fresh fish J iii.333. <-> 3. wet = with connotation of clean (through being washed), freshly washed, ˚kesa with clean hair PvA 82 (sīsaŋ nahātvā allakesa); usually combd. with allavattha with clean clothes (in an ablution; often as a sign of mourning) Ud 14, 91; DhA iv.220; or with odāta vattha (id.) J iii.425. ˚pāṇi with clean hand Pv ii.99 (= dhotapāṇi PvA 116). [For analla -- gatta at S i.183 better read, with ibid 169, an -- allīna -- gatta. For allacamma at DhA iv.132 alagadda -- camma, with the v.l., is preferable]‧