to pull out, pluck (a bird), tear, peel Ja.i.244, Ja.i.476; Ja.ii.97, Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.314; Ja.iv.191; Ja.v.463; Mhvs.23, Mhvs.46 (aor. aluñci); Mhvs.28, Mhvs.26 (ger. luñcitvā); Vism.248 (kese)
caus 2 luñcāpeti Dhp-a.ii.53 (kese), and loceti Thag.283 (kesamassuṃ alocayiṃ)
pp luñcita.

Vedic luñcati, luc or luñc, to Lat. runco to pull up weeds; Gr. ῥυκάνη plane. The Dhtp.43 explains by apanayana