igam-ogam

Literally “to step from step”.

igam-ogam (feminine singular igam-ogam, plural igam-ogam, not comparable)

1. zigzag

   Synonyms: gim-gam-gimwch, dolennog, troellog

• 1906, William Morris, “Y Glowyr [The Miners]”, in Yr Ymwelydd Misol [The Monthly Visitor]‎^[1], Wrexham: Hughes & Son, page 93:

  […] yn ddrych o dristwch gwelir ef yn myned “igam, ogam”, ac yn troedio gweddil y siwrna’ yn ffolyn meddw! wedi [sic] dadgoroni ei ddyndod!

  […] in a mirror of sadness, one sees him going “zigzag”, and treading the remainder of the journey as a drunken little fool! after uncrowning his humanity!

• meillion igam-ogam (“zigzag clover”)

• o gam i gam (“step by step”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “igam-ogam”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “igam-ogam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies