ħmieġ

• ħamġa

From Arabic أَخْماج (ʔaḵmāj), plural of خَمَج (ḵamaj, “putrefication, decay”), from خَمَجَ (ḵamaja, “to rot, putrefy”). Compare Tunisian Arabic خْماج (“dirt”).

• IPA^(key): /ħmɪːt͡ʃ/

ħmieġ m (collective, singulative ħmieġa, paucal ħmiġijiet)

1. dirt
2. dung
3. corruption