gʷmr

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *g-m-r (“to hunt”) . Cognate with Tuareg ǝgmer (“to hunt”), and Tetserret ogmǝr (“to hunt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʷmr/

Verb

gʷmr (intensive aorist ttgʷmar or gʷmmr, verbal noun tagʷmrt, Tifinagh spelling ⴳⵯⵎⵔ, Arabic spelling ڭُمر)

  1. to hunt
    دا تّڭُمارغ س تالمرارت. ― da ttgmarɣ s talmṛaṛt. ― I hunt using a bow.
  2. to fish
    وانّا يتّارمن وامان يس صمّيضن، اورا يڭمّر يسلمان.
    wanna ittarmn aman is ṣmmiḍn, ur a igmmr islman.
    he who fears cold water does not catch fish.

Derived terms

  • tagʷmrt (“hunt, hunting, fishing”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1988a
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