gmi

English

Phrase

gmi

  1. Alternative letter-case form of GMI.

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • gʷmi, gmmi

Etymology

Cognate with Tuareg ăgmek (“to start reading”), and Zenaga iegmekih (“to spell letters”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡmi/

Verb

gmi (intensive aorist gmmi, verbal noun agmmay, Tifinagh spelling ⴳⵎⵉ, Arabic spelling ڭمي)

  1. to spell
  2. to read with difficulty
    آفروخ اد ار سول يڭمّي. ― afrux ad ar sul igmmi. ― this boy still read with difficulty.

Derived terms

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 884a
  • Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 188
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