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.

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