వెన్న

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *weṇney. Cognate with Tamil வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey), Malayalam വെണ്ണ (veṇṇa), Kannada ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe).

• IPA^(key): /ʋenːa/

వెన్న • (venna) n (plural వెన్నలు)

1. butter

   Synonym: నవనీతము (navanītamu)

   ఉట్టిమీద వెన్న వుండగా, వూరెల్లా నేతికి దేవులాడనేల

   uṭṭimīda venna vuṇḍagā, vūrellā nētiki dēvulāḍanēla

   While there is butter in the net, why hunt through the whole village for ghee?

• "వెన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1217
• వెన్న at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)