Proto-South Dravidian : *ur-
Meaning : to peel, strip off
Tamil : uri (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to peel (intr., as skin, bark); strip off (as clothes), deprive of, rob
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to slough off, flay, strip off (as bark); n. rind, peel, skin stripped off, bark; urivai skin, hide, peel, rind, stripping, flaying, peeling off; uruvu (uruvi-) to strip (as beads from a string, as leaves from a twig), unsheath (as a sword)
Malayalam : uri
Malayalam meaning : skin
Malayalam derivates : uriyuka to be stripped, skinned; strip off; urikka to flay, skin a jackfruit, coco-nut; urippu, uriccal flaying, stripping; ūruka to strip off, flay, draw off or out, unsheathe
Kannada : uricu
Kannada meaning : to flay, strip off covering or skin, cast off (as the slough); get loose
Kannada derivates : urcu to draw (as a sword); become loose; uccu to draw (as a sword), cast (as a slough), loosen (as a knot); become loose, be cast (as a slough); ore to draw, pull, draw out or off; (Hav.) urmbu to pluck leaves
Tulu : rumbuni
Tulu meaning : to strip off, pluck off, as leaves from a stalk
Tulu derivates : rumbu stripping, plucking; (B-K.) urumbu, rumbu to tear off (as leaves from a twig)
Miscellaneous : KOR (M) urbu to pluck leaves
Number in DED : 0652
