వేట

See also: వేటు, వంట, వంటి, and వాటం

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wēṇṭṭa. Cognate with Kannada ಬೇಣ್ಟೆ (bēṇṭe), Malayalam വേട്ട (vēṭṭa), Tamil வேட்டு (vēṭṭu), Tamil வேட்டை (vēṭṭai), Kota (India) [script needed] (ve·ṭ), Toda [script needed] (pe·ṭ), Tulu ಬೇಂಟೆ (bēṇṭe), Kuvi ବେଏଟ (bēṭa), Gondi [script needed] (veṭā), Konda-Dora వేట (vēṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːʈa/

Noun

వేట • (vēṭa) ? (plural వేటలు)

1. hunting, hunt, the chase
2. a sheep or goat set apart for slaughter

Derived terms

• వేటకుక్క (vēṭakukka)
• వేటగాడు (vēṭagāḍu, “hunter”)
• వేటాడు (vēṭāḍu, “to hunt”)

References

"వేట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1219