नीवि(वी) f. (
-विः-वी)
नीवि(वी) 1. Capital, principal, stock.
नीवि(वी) 2. Stake, wager.
नीवि(वी) 3. A cloth round a woman's waist, or the ends of the cloth passed round the loins so as to hold the whole together; on being lossed the lower members are exposed: the tie of drawers worn by women, &c.
नीवि(वी) 4. The outer tie of a packet, in which the offer- ings of a Sudra at funeral obsequies are presented.
नीवि(वी) E. नि before,
व्येञ् to cover, Unādi aff.
इन् and
ङीप् optionally added; the
इ of
नि is made long, and the radical finals rejected.
ROOTS:
नि व्येञ् इन् ङीप् इ नि