[Tel.] n. A small bird. A little thing. nakkapitta a small wild root. This name is applied to some fish, as isapitta. adj. Trifling. pittakathalu idle stories. pittapidugu pitta-pidugu. adj. Inevitable, anivaryamu. pittakasu or pittadikasu pitta-kasu. n. A small kind of fish: what in England is called the Miller’s Thumb.