Berber etymology : Query result

Proto-Berber: *wVṭVf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ritual ablution'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ūḍūf

Proto-Berber: *wVylVH/m-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'heart'

Nefusa: ūl

Siwa: uli; Fodj. ūl

Ghat: yul, ul

Ayr: ǝwǝl

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ul, Kel-Ui ulǝm

Tawllemmet: ǝwǝl

Taneslemt: ulh; Adgh. ul

Zenaga: ūɨ̥̄ḣ

Semlal: ul

Ntifa: ull

Izdeg: ul

Rif: ur (-r<*-l)

Mzab: ul

Iznassen: ûl

Snus: ûl

Shenwa: ul

Shawiya: ul

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ul

Proto-Berber: *-wVzz

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ostrich'

Ghadames: awǝz(z), pl. wǝzz-ān 'autruche' [Lanfry 397]

Proto-Berber: *ya-n/t, poss. <*yawVʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: one

Ghadames: yū-n

Siwa: ǝǯ-ǝn (-ǯ- <*-yy-)

Ayr: iyă-n

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ien (m.), iet (f.)

Zenaga: yuʔ-n, ǝyyuʔ-n

Semlal: ya-n

Izdeg: ya-n, yu-n

Shenwa: iǯ (<*yiyy), išt (<*yiǯ-t)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): yiw-ǝn

Proto-Berber: *yannaw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'say'

Ghadames: en

Senhadja: ini

Ayr: ănnu

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ǝnn

Zenaga: ǝnnǝh

Semlal: ini

Izdeg: ini

Iznassen: ini

Shenwa: ini

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ini

Proto-Berber: *y/HVl(V)l-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'millet, sorghum'

Ghadames: ileli 'millet', 'sorgho' (Laoust 1920, 268)

Nefusa: ill-an (pl.) 'sorgho' (Laoust 1920, 268)

Zenaga: ill-en (pl.) 'sorgho' (Laoust 1920, 268)

Proto-Berber: *y/(H)Vlw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'elephant'

Ghat: alu 'éléphant' R.Basset Lex., 322

Ayr: ilǝw, pl. ilwan 'éléphant' Aloj., 119

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): êlu, pl. êlwān 'éléphant' F., 982

Tawllemmet: elǝw, pl. elwan 'éléphant' Aloj., 119

Zenaga: ǝžih 'éléphant' Nic. 1950, 149 (<*ʔVliw; not a loan from Arb. ʔal-fīl- as F. Nicolas thinks)

Semlal: Shilḥ ǝlu, pl. ǝlwan (? not in Smll nor Bmrn) - моя мал. карточка

Proto-Berber: *yV-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'come'

Izayan: iya

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ǝyya (imper.)

Proto-Berber: *yVkl

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be a guest at one's parents-in-law'

Ghadames: ekl 'ê. hôte de passage (se dit de la fiancée rec̣ue chez ses beaux-parents, ou après son marriage, chez ses parents)' Lan 149; ta-me-klī-t 'la jeune mariée au jour de la visite' 150

Proto-Berber: *yVḳḳVd

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: burn

Ghadames: ǝqqǝd

Ghat: ǝqqǝd

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ǝqqǝd

Tawllemmet: iqqǝd

Zenaga: t-i-gugad_

Semlal: ǝqqǝd

Ntifa: ǝqqǝd

Izayan: ǝqqǝd_

Snus: ǝqqǝd_

Proto-Berber: *(yV)mVn- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'direct'

Izayan: mni, imna

Proto-Berber: *yVn- < *HVyVn-

Meaning: 'plate'

Ghadames: ta-yyin-t

Notes: Loss of *H-

Proto-Berber: *-za/ulaɣ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Sokna: zalaɣ 'kid'

Siwa: zalaq

Ghat: a-žulaɣ

Ayr: ǝ-zolaɣ

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-hûlaɣ

Tawllemmet: e-zolaɣ

Semlal: a-zalaɣ

Figig: a-zǝlaɣ

Shawiya: zalaɣ

Proto-Berber: *-zar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'root'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): azař

Proto-Berber: *zaw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cord'

Ayr: a-zaw

Proto-Berber: *zawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'big'

Siwa: a-zwār

Ayr: a-mi-zwăr

Tawllemmet: a-mi-zwăr

Proto-Berber: *-zɣa

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'inner part of the cheek'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): tă-zɣa

Proto-Berber: *-zHar <*ĉVHar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hair'

Semlal: a-zzär

Seghrushen: a-zzar

Izdeg: a-zzar

Proto-Berber: *zib- 1, *zVban- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'net (used as a hairdress)' 1, 'palm bast' 2

Ghadames: ta-zība 1, a-zbān 2

Proto-Berber: *zi/aff-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'unplaited hair' 1, 'hair' 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ta-hiffa 1

Tawllemmet: ta-žīffa 1

Wargla: zaff 2

Iznassen: azäf 2

Snus: zâf 2