imim

Tashelhit

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“to be sweet”).

Cognate with Awjila mmùm (“to be sweet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imim/

Verb

imim (intensive aorist ttimim, preterite mmim, verbal noun tamimt, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉⵎ, Arabic spelling ايميم)

  1. to be sweet
    Synonym: aḍfut
    ايمّيم وايدا ن الدّونيت، ميش يوالات يد وليلي، نغ يرا الرّوح ا يفّوغ، آوين ك س لقبرِ.
    immim wayda n ddunit, miš iwala t id-i ulili, nġ ira rruḥ a iffuġ, awin k s lqbr-i.
    The possessions of this world are sweet, but they leave behind a taste of oleander; for the soul must leave this lower world, and then you are carried to your grave.
  2. to be delicious, to be pleasant
    تمّيم لحلوَة اد. ― tmmim lḥlwa yad. ― this cake is delicious.

Derived terms

  • tamimt (“sweetness”)
  • tammnt (“honey”)

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 1106a
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