Proto-South Dravidian : *sol-i-
Meaning : to strip off, peel
Tamil : coli (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to strip off, peel off; tear
Kannada : suli
Kannada meaning : to tear or strip off, peel, pare, shell as beans, etc., plunder, rob; n. state of being stripped, peeled, bare or uncovered
Kannada derivates : sulige, suliha plundering, robbery, pillage, booty; sulisu to cause to flay, etc.; sōle skin or slough of a snake, coat of an onion; (Hav.) soli to peel
Tulu : suligè
Tulu meaning : pillaging, plundering, robbing
Tulu derivates : sulipini, sulipuni to peel, flay, skin, pare off; (?) (B-K) toli, tolpu = suli to peel off, remove as the bark or skin; tollu to pluck out (as hair, feathers, etc.)
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) solpu to peel
Notes : Tulu toli, etc., that B&E place here, should rather be compared with *tōl skin.
Number in DED : 2856
