قامه‌لامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Verb

قامه‌لامق • (kamalamak)

1. (transitive) to wedge, to support or secure using a wedge
2. (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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1426