neuter
cane
a cane; a twig
Vetta (neuter) [cf. Epic Sanskrit vetra] twig, rod; creeper; jungle rope (cf. veṇu-daṇḍa); cane (calamus). By itself only in standard list of punishments (tortures): vettehi tāḷeti to flog with canes, e.g. A I 47; II 122; Miln 196. Otherwise frequent in compounds: -agga cane top, sprout of bamboo (cf. kaḷīra) Vism 255 (where Pj I in the same passage reads °aṅkura); Vibh-a 60, 239, 252; -aṅkura a shoot of bamboo Pj I 52, 67; -āsana cane chair Vv-a 8; -cāra (vettācāra) "stick-wandering" (?) Ja III 541 (+ saṅkupatha; commentary: vettehi sañcaritabba); Vv 84 11 (vettācāraṃ saṅkupathañ ca maggaṃ, explained as vettalatā bandhitvā ācaritabba magga Vv-a 338); better as "jungle-path." -patha "a jungle full of sticks" (translation Rh.D.) Miln 280 (+ saṅkupatha), jungle-path; -bandhana binding with twigs (rope?), creeper-bands S III 155; V 51 = A IV 127; -latā cane creeper Ja I 342; Vv-a 8, 338; -valli garland of creeper Dāṭh III 40.
【中】 藤條，小枝。~gga,【中】 藤芽。~latā,【陰】 藤蔓。
(nt, nt) cane; bamboo cane, twig