mmt

See also: MMT

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Malalamai with t as a placeholder.

Symbol

mmt

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Malalamai.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Malalamai terms

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ămmət (“to die”), from earlier *ămwət, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawut- (“to die”).

Compare Ghadames and Kabyle emmet (“to die”), Ghomara mmut (“to die”), Awjila mmùt (“to die”), Tuareg ə̀mmu-t (“to die”), Zenaga äṃṃih (“to die”), Egyptian mwt (“to die”), Proto-Chadic *mawut (“to die”) (whence Hausa mutù), and Proto-Semitic *mawut- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mːt/

Verb

mmt (intensive aorist ttmmtat, verbal noun lmut or tamttant, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵎⵜ, Arabic spelling مّت)

  1. to die, to be dead
    • 20th century, Ali Azayku:
      اوال نخ اد اخ يڭان، يغ يمّوت نمّوت.
      awal nnx ad ax igan, iġ immut nmmut.
      It is our language that is our essence; if it dies, we die with it.
  2. to be expired, to be no longer useful or valid
    ايمّت رّاديو اد. ― immt ṛṛadio ad. ― this radio is no longer working.

Derived terms

  • imttin (“the dead”)
  • tamttant (“death”)
  • tamttant n tsga (“hemiplegia”)

See also

  • asmḍl (“grave”)
  • ddr (“to live”)
  • ddunit (“world”)
  • nɣ (“to kill”)
  • tudrt (“life”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1747
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