Proto-Dravidian *meẓ-V- [d5082]

to plaster

wax.

bee's-wax

to cleanse floor with cowdung water

wax

wax

to anoint, wax, varnish, daub a place with cowdung

anointing, varnish, daubing, polishing

id

Zvelebil 1980 on Ir.

to cleanse floor with cowdung solution, smear as the body with sandal paste, gloss over, varnish; n. cowdung, wax, gum, soft waxy pill, mass

smearing with cowdung water as the floor, cowdung, substance or solution used to smear any surface

ground or floor prepared by being smeared with cowdung water

to smear with dung of buffaloes as a ritual purification

wax

(Tr.) to plaster mud on a wall or dam, (SR. M.) to smear

to apply (sacred mark)

Hislop III, p. 132

to apply (Voc. 2823)

SR.

to apply saffron powder on the forehead

ASu.

to paint cattle for the Pola or the Diwali festival (Voc. 2748); ?

Tr.

to plaster (Voc. 2773)

G. Mu. Ma. Y.

to plaster (Voc. 2773)

G. Mu. Ma. Y.

to plaster (Voc. 2773)

G. Mu. Ma. Y.

to plaster (Voc. 2773)

G. Mu. Ma. Y.

to rub and clean utensils with ashes, etc

to plaster, smear; n. plastering.

to polish

S.

to make clean filling holes, etc

Isr.

to smear; ?

to smear; ?

id., daub, mix together

K.

to purify with cowdung solution

to apply.

to plaster. DED(S, N) 4169