to strike with an instrument; to prick, peck, pierce; to incite, instigate Ja.iii.189 (= vijjhati) Pass. tujjati to be struck Thag.780; Vism.503 (cp vitujjati); Sdhp.279
pp tunna. See also tuṇḍa (beak = pecker), tutta (goad), tomara (lance = striker & thūpa (point).

Vedic tudati; *steud, enlarged fr. *steu, cp. Lat. tundo, tudes (hammer); Goth. stautan, Ohg stozan (to push), E. stutter, Nhg. stutzen; Ags. styntan = E. stunt