gmi

English

Phrase

gmi

1. Alternative letter-case form of GMI.

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• gʷmi, gmmi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *g-m-k (“to spell out”). Cognate with Tuareg ăgmek (“to start reading”), and Zenaga iegmekih (“to spell letters”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡmi/

Verb

gmi (imperfective 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

• agmmay (“spelling”)
• lḥruf ugmmay (“alphabet”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, 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