to tinker (with), to work (on) (in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it)
çekim: geçmiş bastelte · ortaç gebastelt · şimdiki bastelt · ulaç bastelnd
köken: An Upper German verb, from earlier besteln, iterative of Middle High German besten, from Proto-West Germanic *bastijan. The -a- is perhaps dialectal or through readaptation to the underlying noun Bast (“bast”).
köken: Etymology tree Polish majster Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish majsterkować From majster + -ować.
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).