[Tel. from vandu.] n. Cooking or dressing food, cookery. vandadamu, pakamu. pindivantalu flour cakes, pastry. adj. Boiled, cooked. vandabadina, pacanamuceyabadina. vantanune or vantacamuru oil used in cookery. vantamudamu boiled castor oil, (opposed to the cold drawn oil.) vantaguggilamu boiled dammer. vantakatteor vantalakka vanta-katte. n. A cook-woman. vantakamu vantakamu. n. A Food. vantaceruku, vantaceraku, vantakattelu or vankasaraku vanta-cheruku. n. Fuel, firewood,indhanasamuhamu. vantayillu, vantasala or vantasala vanta-y-illu. n. A kitchen, cookroom. mahanasamu. “suragakavantayil coccinasasamu garunaseyakaguraga pandadagune.” (HD. i. 1199.) Is it fair to cook a rabbit that has taken refuge in a kitchen? vantayuppu salt extracted by boiling sea water. vantarayi vanta-rayi. n. An artificial ruby. karaboku.vantari vanta-ari. n. A cook, one who knows how to cook. vantalu vantalu. n. plu. Dried cow dung, which is used as fuel. erupidakalu. vantavadu, vantalavadu or vantakaduvanta-vadu. n. A cook. pacakudu.