togħma

Maltese

Root
t-għ-m
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”). Perhaps influenced formally by طُعْمة (ṭuʕma, “foodstuff, bite”), but an irregular development -agħ- → -ogħ- also occurs in some other Maltese words.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔːma/
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔˤːma/ (archaic)

Noun

togħma f (plural togħmiet)

  1. taste, flavour
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