Proto-South Dravidian : *kaẓal-
Meaning : to be loose; to loosen
Tamil : kaẓal (kaẓalv-, kaẓan_r_-)
Tamil meaning : to become loose (as a fastening, shoe, handle, hair, part of any mechanism), be unhinged, slip off, slough off, become extricated, disentangled, be put out of joint, fall out (as a loose tooth)
Tamil derivates : kaẓar_r_u (kaẓar_r_i-) to unfasten, loosen, unhinge, dislocate, unlock, disentangle, extricate, strip, take off, divest, remove; kaẓāala (inf.) to unloose or divest; kaẓāl weeding, uprooting; kaẓālu (kaẓāli-) to become loose; kaẓi (-v-, -nt-) to be removed; (-pp-, -tt-) to remove, strip off
Malayalam : kaẓaluka
Malayalam meaning : to slip
Malayalam derivates : kaẓar_r_uka to slip off, put off; kaẓiyuka to become loose, undone; kaẓikka to unloose, untie, remove
Kannada : kaẓal
Kannada meaning : to slip off, drop down, get loose; throw away, remove, pull out (as a sword)
Kannada derivates : kaẓalcu to make separate, pull out, remove; kaẓi to unloose, remove; kaḷe to become loose; draw out (as a sword from a sheath), remove, throw away; kaḷacu to become loose; kaḷa state of being loose
Kodagu : kay- (kayp-, kayc-)
Kodagu meaning : to remove, undo (knot)
Tulu : kaḷeyuni, kaḷevuni
Tulu meaning : to become loose (as the bands of a box, etc.)
Number in DED : 1349
