Berber etymology : Query result

Proto-Berber: *rVf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of room'

Ghadames: ǝ-rref

Proto-Berber: *rVga/ul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'feather' 1, 'penis' 2, 'pedicle' 3, 'tail' 4

Ghadames: ta-rzǎ/el-t 1; tū-rǝgl-a 3 (gros pédoncule du régime de dattes' Lan 311)

Sokna: ta-ržal-t 1

Ghat: a-rǯal 4

Ayr: a-rgul 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): â-rḡal 4

Tawllemmet: a-rgul 2

Zenaga: tǝ-rgǝl 1

Proto-Berber: *rVm- REMOVE

Meaning: 'town, village'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-rrem

Notes: Complete loss of the first syllable

Proto-Berber: *sab(V)b-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flute'

Menasser: ta-sâbb-ut_

Proto-Berber: *saf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'snare'

Shenwa: a-saf

Notes: Contraction.

Proto-Berber: *saf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of bird'

Ayr: t-ǝssaf

Proto-Berber: *sam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lightning'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): e-ssam

Figig: i-ssim

Notes: Ndir i-ssim.

Proto-Berber: *sim-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ear'

Ghadames: a-sim

Notes: Cf. Brb *samw- 'cushion' (Rus подушка, lit 'under ear').

Proto-Berber: *-sim(-an)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(liquid) fat, milk'

Ghat: isim 'graisse (de tout animal) Neh 165

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ésim 'graisse fondu' F 1835

Tawllemmet: ē-šim 'liquid fat; broth'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): t_a-ssǝm-t_ 'graisse animal' Dal 778

Canarian: Ferro achemen 'milk'

Proto-Berber: *sin-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'know'

Ghadames: essǝn

Siwa: ǝssǝn

Ghat: ǝssǝn

Ayr: ǝssǝn

Izdeg: isin

Izayan: isin

Iznassen: ǝssǝn

Snus: ǝssǝn

Shenwa: sǝn

Proto-Berber: *sit-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'daughters'

Siwa: t-ist-ǝma 'sisters' ('daughters of mother')

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): šêt 'daughters (of)'

Mzab: isǝt-ma 'sisters' ('daughters of mother')

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): sut_ 'daughters'

Proto-Berber: *sīn-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tooth'

Ghadames: a-sīn

Nefusa: sīn

Siwa: a-sayn

Ghat: i-sin

Ayr: e-šen

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): esîn

Tawllemmet: e-šen

Taneslemt: e-sen

Sened: i-sîn

Proto-Berber: *s/ŝabar (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mat made of millet stalks'

Ayr: e-săbăr 'natte, tapis d'afaɦo' (Alojaly 1980, 169)

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): é-sǝbǝr 'natte d'afeɦu' (Foucauld 1951-1952, 1803; a-fǝɦu 'panicum turgidum', a k. of millet, Ibid. 374)

Tawllemmet: e-săbăr 'natte, tapis d'afaɦo' (Alojaly 1980, 169)

Proto-Berber: *s/ŝVy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grain'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): Adgh. ta-ši-t 'petite graine analogue à la graine du drinn' (Laoust 1920, 264)

Proto-Berber: *suf-/*sif-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'valley' 1, 'river, rivulet' 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ă-suf 1

Semlal: ă-sif 2

Mzab: suf 2

Sened: suf 2

Shawiya: suf 2

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ta-sif-t, a-sif 2

Notes: -u- < *-i- before a labial

Proto-Berber: *su/ik(V)y

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fallow'

Ntifa: Ntf., Zmr. i-ssîki, Tfl. a-ssîki (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Seghrushen: isiki (pl. isak-at-ǝn)

Baamrani: i-ssuk_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Izdeg: isiki (pl. isak-at-ǝn) (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Izayan: a-sik_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Shawiya: a-m-suk_i 'jachère' (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-suk_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Proto-Berber: *sV-

Meaning: 'come'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): as

Proto-Berber: *sVba/ub-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eyebrow' 1, 'hairlock' 2, 'tail' 3

Ayr: ta-sba-t 3

Izdeg: a-šbab 1

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-sǝbbub 1, 2 a-šǝbšub 2

Proto-Berber: *sVbib-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'small bird'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): šǝbîbi

Notes: Partial reduplication.

Proto-Berber: *sVbibir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'butterfly; small bird'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): i-mǝ-šbibir