Proto-South Dravidian : *cid-
Meaning : to squeeze out; to injure
Tamil : citai (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to be injured, spoiled, be broken, become corrupt, prove untrue
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to injure, waste, destroy, ruin, demolish, kill, uproot; citai, citaivu injury, degeneracy, ruin, defeat, fault, defect; citaku (citaki-) to strip off, erase
Kannada : cidaku, ciduku
Kannada meaning : to squeeze the soaked pulse called avare with the fingers and thus remove the skin
Kannada derivates : (?) sindu, sendu to rub out, extinguish, destroy
Number in DED : 2526
