5527 Ta. vēṭṭam, vēṭṭai hunting, chase, murder; vēṭṭu occupation of hunting; vēṭu hunting, hunter; vēṭaṉ, vēṭṭuvaṉ hunter, fowler; vēṭacci, vēṭicci woman of the hunter tribe; vēṭṭam/vēṭṭaiy āṭu to hunt. Ma. vēṭṭa hunting, chase; vēṭan hunter, fowler. Ko. ve·ṭ hunting; ve·ṭ a·ṛ- to hunt; ve·ṛṇ hunter. To. pe·ṭ hunting; pe·ṭ o·ḍ- to hunt; ? pö·ṛ Tamilian (i.e. hunter). Ka. bēṭe, bēṇṭe hunting, the chase, animals pursued by sportsmen; bēṭey āḍu to hunt; bēḍa huntsman; bēḍu multitude of huntsmen; bēṇṭiga hunter. Koḍ. bo·ṭe hunting, hunt. Tu. bēṇṭè, bōṇṭè, bēṭi hunting, chase; bēḍave fowler. Te. vē̃ṭa, veṇṭa hunting, the chase; vē̃ṭakã̄ḍu, vē̃ṭagiri, vē̃ṭari hunter, fowler; vē̃ṭ-āḍu to hunt. Kol. ve·ṭ a·ḍ- id. Nk. vēṭa hunting. Go. (M. L.) veṭā, (Ma. Ko.) vēṭa id. (Voc. 3310). Konḍa vēṭa id. Pe. bēṭ id. Manḍ. bēṭ id. Kuwi (Su. Isr.) bēṭa id.; (F.) betta kīali, (S.) bēta kīnai to hunt. / The Dr. word has been borrowed into the local Oriya of Koraput, with the substitution of b- for v-; this is reborrowed into some of the local Dr. languages, viz. Pe. Manḍ. Kuwi. DED(S) 4547.