Using Bash in Vi mode. How to map keys?

is there any way to use the familiar :map and :ab commands when running bash
with "set -o vi"?

for example, if i want to map the following:
:inoremap ( ()<left>
how is it done?

can bash "understand" vi-like commands?

in other words, are the readline commands the ONLY solution, or is there
another way to map keys in bash?

thanks
alex

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