वमति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wem- (“to vomit”). Cognate with Latin vomō, Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.mɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.mɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वमति • (vamati) (root वम्, class 1, type parasmaipada)

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

Descendants

Dardic: *bamati
- Kalasha: bómik

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0920

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