to fumble (idly touch or nervously handle) · to fiddle (adjust in order to cover a basic flaw) · to make out (engage in sexual activities)
çekim: geçmiş fummelte · ortaç gefummelt · şimdiki fummelt · ulaç fummelnd
köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German fummelen, fimmelen, perhaps ultimately imitative of fumbling. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to shake, swing”), see also Latin palpō (“to pat, touch softly”), and possibly Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną (“to feel”). Cognate with English fumble.
to fiddle, fidget with (something); to touch (something) lightly and repeatedly with one's fingers · to fumble, fidget somewhere or with something (-val/-vel) · to fritter, tinker with something (-val/-vel), to occupy oneself idly
çekim: geçmiş babráltak
köken: Probably of onomatopoeic origin; from the same stem as babirkál (“to fritter, tinker”) + -ál (frequentative verb-forming suffix). The stem may also be related to the stem of bibe, bibi and bíbelődik. Possibly developed under the influence of Slovak babrať (“to fiddle with”), from Proto-Slavic *babrati. First attested in 1784.
to dig out, scoop out, make a hole in the ground · to pick (the ears, nose, eyes, etc.) · to pick off, as a scab of an ulcer; to pick out, as wax from the ear
çekim: geçmiş past of நோண்டிவிட்டிரு (nōṇṭiviṭṭiru) · ortaç நோண்டிய · şimdiki நோண்டுகிறார் · ulaç நோண்டுகிற
köken: Compare தோண்டு (tōṇṭu). Cognate with Malayalam നോണ്ടുക (nōṇṭuka).