Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-, **kaḷVy- [d1373]

to pluck, uproot, gather

to pull off, remove, destroy; n. weed

to remove, pull off, pull out, let drop

weeds and grass standing in corn

UNR

weeds; ?

to dig

Shanmugam

digging

M.

to remove

T.

to take out or scoop out (with finger, stick, beak), flick away dirt from liquid or semi-liquid (e.g. clay)

weeds

weed, tares

to get rid of, abolish

to weed, pluck

weeding

weeding, plucking off, pulling out

to weed, pull up, pluck out, remove, extirpate, exterminate; n. weeds

one who weeds

weeding, stripping off, extirpation

without leaves (of tree in winter), half dry, half green (when tree is being killed by stripping bark)

to strip off, remove

to strip off, remove

to be stripped.

weeds

act of weeding (from verb stemkalv-/kals-)

VPK

act of weeding (from verb stemkalv-/kals-)

VPK

act of weeding (from verb stemkalv-/kals-)

VPK

to uproot, gather (vegetables, grass for fodder). DED(S) 1157