[Tel.] n. The soft core of the plantain or similar tree. bonde. A thorn bush. mundla dubba. ucakotaga gontukosi vesinadu he cut the throat without any trouble. uca utsa. adj. Withered. udakalu a withered leg. ucaceyyi a withered hand. ucapattu to grow big enough for the core in a plant to form. ucapovu to become lean. krsincu. ucabiyyamu utsa-biyyamu. n. Grain not quite ripe. baguga mudarani jonnalu modalainavi, ucamuttu utsa-muttu. adv. To the core entirely, wholly.
“ullamanta gadanci yucamuttuganu kallaladincina galadepannidamu.” H. D. i. 252.