قامه‌لامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قامه (kama, “wedge”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

قامه‌لامق • (kamalamak)

(transitive) to wedge, to support or secure using a wedge
(transitive) to wedge, to force or insert into a narrow gap

Descendants

Turkish: kamalamak

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kamalamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2366
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قامه‌لامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1426

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