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.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋɐ.mɐ.t̪i/
Verb
वमति • (vámati) (root वम्, class 1, type P)
- to vomit, spit out, eject (literally and figuratively)
- to emit, send forth, give out
- to reject, i.e. repent (a word)
Descendants
- Dardic: *bámati
- Kalasha: bómik
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वमति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0920.