Proto-South Dravidian : *iḍ-uk-
Meaning : to pinch
Tamil : iṭukku (iṭukki-)
Tamil meaning : to take between the fingers or toes, grasp as with pincers, take under one's arm, press or squeeze as between two boards; n. prehensile claws as those of a scorpion or of a lobster
Tamil derivates : iṭukki pincers, tongs, tweezers, steel trap, prehensile chela of a crab or a scorpion; iṭṭiṭai vice in a turner's lathe
Malayalam : iṭukku
Malayalam meaning : claws of lobster
Malayalam derivates : iṭukkuka to press, pinch (as a crab); iṭukki pincers, tongs, forceps
Kannada : iḍaku
Kannada meaning : to pinch, tweak
Kannada derivates : ikkuẓ, ikkuẓa, ikkaẓa, ikẓa pair of tongs, pair of pincers; (PBh.) iẓkuẓi tongs, pincers
Tulu : iḍumbulu
Tulu meaning : (in wrestling) the act of seizing each other tightly with both hands
Tulu derivates : ikkuḷi, ikkuḷe, (B-K.) ikkuḷu pair of pincers or tongs
Irula : (?) inḍu
Irula meaning : squeeze
Notes : Ir. 114.
Number in DED : 0444
