Proto-Dravidian *ēk-, *eHk- [d765]

to gin cotton

to gin cotton

to divide, separate, dress cotton, card wool

to divide, separate, dress cotton, card wool

dressing cotton, etc

to scratch (oneself, an itching limb)

to card cotton

carding cotton

to pull with fingers (as cotton), search for (as true meaning of a passage), scrutinize

to be pulled thinly with the fingers (as cotton)

to scratch oneself

to gin

A. Y.

Tr.

to weed (Voc. 372).

Ph.

A. Y.

to unravel. DED(S, N) 652

to pick, beat, or clean (cotton), expose or publish the faults of, defame; n. roll of cleaned cotton prepared for the spindle

picking, beating, or cleaning cotton

to pick and throw away stones and weeds from field