[from Skt. bhojanamu.] n. Food, meat, bhojanamu, annamu. “vina panulumuttuka battagattaka bonambuseyaka.” Jaganna. ii. 63. A meat offering, an offering of food to a god, naivedyamu. bonakatte, bonakattiya. bonapukatte or bonamukatte bona-katte. n. A cook woman, vantakatte. A housemaid or slave girl. dasidi. bonakadu bona-kadu. n. A cook. bonakavidi bona-kavidi. n. A yoke (kavadi) on which baskets containing food are carried. “karpuramadiga vasanalamarupettelunu bokkasambunu balubonagavillu.” Pal. 256. bonaputika bona-putika. n. A basket of food.
“vintaganannambu vividhabhaksyamulu, posaganincinabonaputikacebuni.” DRY. 112.