algamu

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Ultimately from Latin ligāmen (“band, tie”), either directly or via Arabic لِجَام (lijām, “bridle bit”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵍⴳⴰⵎⵓ (algamu, “bridle”), Tarifit ařyam, ařgam (“bridle”), Kabyle algam (“bridle”), Northern Saharan Berber algam (“bridle”), Tayert and Tawellemmet alăgom (“rein attached to a bit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alɡamu/

Noun

algamu m (plural ilguma, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵍⴳⴰⵎⵓ, Arabic spelling آلڭامو)

  1. bridle, rein
    ڭ الڭامو ي وايّيس ― g algamu i wayyis ― bridle the horse
  2. ring or loop of a rabab

Inflection

Inflection of algamu
singular plural
free state algamu ilguma
annexed state ulgamu ilguma

Derived terms

  • axlxal n ulgamu (“bit ring”)
  • tarmmant n ulgamu (“bit”)

See also

  • ayyis (“horse”)
  • kus (“bow of a ribab”)
  • ribab (“Rabab”)

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 232a
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