to cut (off), mow, reap; ger. lāyitvā AN.iii.365; Ja.i.215; Ja.iii.226; Vin.iii.64; Pv.i.8#1 (= lāvitvā Pv-a.40)
pp lāyita.

for. *lāvati, lū, for which the ordinary form is lunāti (q.v.), y for v as freq. in Pāli: see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 46#2
■ The Dhtp. has a root lā in meaning “ādāna (No. 370)