वमति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wámati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wámati, from Proto-Indo-European *wémh₁-e-ti, from *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Latin vomō, Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.mɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.mɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वमति • (vámati) third-singular present indicative (root वम्, class 1, type P)

1. to vomit, spit out, eject (literally and figuratively)
2. to emit, send forth, give out
3. to reject, i.e. repent (a word)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: bómik
• Assamese: বমি (bomi)
• Bengali: বমি (bomi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वमति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0920.