वमति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱমতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬫᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বমতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰦𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝမတိ (Burmese script)
• વમતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਮਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌮𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦩꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂧𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಮತಿ (Kannada script)
• វមតិ (Khmer script)
• ວມຕິ (Lao script)
• വമതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠮᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘦𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠮᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧆𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐩𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵମତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢪꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆩𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖦𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වමති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩴𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚢𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வமதி (Tamil script)
• వమతి (Telugu script)
• วมติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་མ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒧𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨢𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Thematized from earlier वमिति (vámiti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Latin vomō, Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Present: वमति (vámati)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	वमति vámati	वमतः vámataḥ	वमन्ति vámanti	- -	- -	- -
Second	वमसि vámasi	वमथः vámathaḥ	वमथ vámatha	- -	- -	- -
First	वमामि vámāmi	वमावः vámāvaḥ	वमामः / वमामसि¹ vámāmaḥ / vámāmasi¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	वमतु vámatu	वमताम् vámatām	वमन्तु vámantu	- -	- -	- -
Second	वम váma	वमतम् vámatam	वमत vámata	- -	- -	- -
First	वमानि vámāni	वमाव vámāva	वमाम vámāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	वमेत् vámet	वमेताम् vámetām	वमेयुः vámeyuḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	वमेः vámeḥ	वमेतम् vámetam	वमेत vámeta	- -	- -	- -
First	वमेयम् vámeyam	वमेव vámeva	वमेम vámema	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	वमात् / वमाति vámāt / vámāti	वमातः vámātaḥ	वमान् vámān	- -	- -	- -
Second	वमाः / वमासि vámāḥ / vámāsi	वमाथः vámāthaḥ	वमाथ vámātha	- -	- -	- -
First	वमानि vámāni	वमाव vámāva	वमाम vámāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	वमत् vámat			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अवमत् (ávamat)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अवमत् ávamat	अवमताम् ávamatām	अवमन् ávaman	- -	- -	- -
Second	अवमः ávamaḥ	अवमतम् ávamatam	अवमत ávamata	- -	- -	- -
First	अवमम् ávamam	अवमाव ávamāva	अवमाम ávamāma	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: bómik
• Assamese: বমি (bomi)
• Bengali: বমি (bomi)
• Kashmiri: ومُن (wamun)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वमति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920, column 2.