קוּא (b. h.) to spit.
Hif. - הֵקִיא same, to vomit. Sifra Aḥăré, end (ref. to Lev. XVIII, 25) כאדם שמֵקִיא את מזונו like a man vomiting his food; Yalk. Lev. 599. Esth. R. introd. to Par. 3 (play on קיקלון Hab. II, 16) מקיא מלמעלן קלון מלמטן (thou shalt be) vomiting above together with disgrace (nuisance) below; וכיון שראו … שמקיא וכ׳ and when the two chiefs of his legions saw that he was vomiting &c. Mikv. X, 8 טבל והֵקִיאָן if he vomited them after the immersion; a. e.