Proto-South Dravidian : *uẓ-
Meaning : to adjust, smooth
Tamil : uẓu (-v-, -t-)
Tamil meaning : to arrange or adjust (as hair with the fingers)
Tamil derivates : ? uḷar (-v-, -nt-; uḷari-) to spread out and draw the fingers through (as in drying wet hair), adjust or smooth out as birds their feathers
Kodagu : ūk- (ūki-)
Kodagu meaning : to comb
Tulu : dūbina
Tulu meaning : a comb
Tulu derivates : urvaṇe an instrument for destroying nits; uraṇè a kind of comb
Miscellaneous : KOR (T) uyyalɨ to comb
Number in DED : 0689
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