vammīka

Vammīka & vammika

masculine & neuter ant-hill:

  1. -ika: MN.i.142 sq.; Ja.iii.85; Ja.iv.30 (˚bila the ant’s hole); Ja.v.163
  2. -ika: Ja.i.432; Ja.iv.30; Vism.183 (described), Vism.304 (˚muddani), Vism.446; Dhp-a.ii.51; Dhp-a.iii.208 Dhp-a.iv.154.

cp. Vedic valmīka; Idg. *ṷorm(āi); cp. Av. maoiris, Sk. vamraḥ, Gr. μύρμηζ, Lat. formica, Cymr. mor; all of same origin & meaning