The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vambhan"ya
Vambhan"ya (adj.) [grd. of vambheti] to be despised, wretched, miserable PvA 175, 176.
Vambhayita
Vambhayita (nt.) [pp. of vambheti] being despised or reviled M i.172; Sn 905; Nd1 319 (=nindita, garahita,
upav!dita).
Vambhin
Vambhin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. vambh] despising, treating with contempt, disparaging M i.95 (para˚, opp. to att'
ukka'-saka).
Vambheti
Vambheti (& Vamheti) [Caus. of vambh, a root of uncertain origin (connected with vam?). There is a form
vambha given by Sk. lexicographers as a dial. word for va'$a. Could it be a contraction fr.
vyambheti=vi+Denom. fr. ambho 2, part. of contempt? -- The Dhtp (602) defines vambh as "garah!ya'"] to
treat with contempt, despise, revile, scold; usually either combd with khu'seti or opposed to ukka'seti, e. g.
Vin ii.18; iv.4; M i.200 (=Sn 132 avaj!n!ti), 402 sq.; D i.90; A ii.27 sq.; Th 1, 621; DA i.256 (=h")eti);
DhA iv.38; VvA 348. -- pp. vambhayita. -- vamheti is found at J i.191, 356; cp. vamhana. -- Note. The
spelling bh interchanges with that of h (vamheti), as ambho shows var. amho. Trenckner (introd. to M 1. p.
1) gives vambheti (as BB reading) the preference over vamheti (as SS reading). Morris' note on vambheti in
J.P.T.S. 1884, 96 does not throw any light on its etymology.
Vamma
Vamma (nt.) [Vedic varman, fr. v% to cover, enclose] armour J ii.22.
Vammika
Vammika (adj.) [fr. vamma]=vammin Vin i.342.
Vammita
Vammita [pp. of vammeti, cp. Sk. varmita] armoured, clad in armour J i.179 (assa); ii.315 (hatthi); iii.8;
v.301, 322; DA i.40.
Vammin
Vammin (adj.) [fr. vamma; Vedic varmin] wearing armour, armoured J iv.353 (= ke&aka -- phalaka -- hattha
C.); v.259, 373; vi.25; Miln 331.
-- 602 --
Vamm"ka & vammika
Vamm"ka & vammika (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic valm"ka; Idg. *9orm(!i); cp. Av. maoiris, Sk. vamra1, Gr.
mu/rmhz, Lat. formica, Cymr. mor; all of same origin & meaning] ant -- hill: (a) ˚ika: M i.142 sq.; J iii.85;
iv.30 (˚bila the ant's hole); v.163. -- (b) ˚ika: J i.432; iv.30; Vism 183 (described), 304 (˚muddani), 446;
DhA ii.51; iii.208; iv.154.