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vameyya

vamati

opt 3rd sg of vamati (verb)

1. spits out; ejects; discharges
2. (of water) spills; pours out; lit. vomits

Built from

• vam — root · vomit, eject
  The root denotes forceful discharge or expulsion of contents. Cognate with Latin vomere, English vomit; Old Norse váma 'stomach'. The concrete image of the body expelling noxious matter underlies all senses.
• e — ending · optative marker
  The thematic vowel in the optative stem. Signals a wish or conditional possibility: 'might spit out'.
• yya — ending · 3rd singular optative
  The desinence marks third person singular optative, expressing what one or it might or should do in a given condition.

Etymology. Root √vam, to vomit or discharge; cognate with Latin vomere (to vomit) and English vomit. The sense moves from the physical act of ejection to any forceful discharge or outpouring.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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