*ga/umm-at-: '(long) hair, mane'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ǯummat- 'tuft of hair' [BK 1 322].	BK 1 322
Tigre	gǝmmät [LH 568].	LH 568	gloss withheld
East Ethiopic	ZWY gamma, SEL gäme, WOL gämi [LGur 275]	LGur 275	gloss withheld
Gurage	EZ̆A gama, GYE gam̱a, CHA MUH gamma, ENN gāmma, END gāmmä, MSQ GOG gammä, SOD gʷamme [LGur 275]; also END gämmām [ibid.].	LGur 275	gloss withheld
Amharic	gamma [K 1906]	K 1906	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	gammä 'a kind of crown of hair that is left uncut or braided around the head of boys and girls' [Bass 819]	Bass 819

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Har. gāmma 'mane' is a Cushitic loan (Ga. Sid. gamma, Som. Sa. Af. gama; LHar 72).

Updated 22 October 2026