Berber etymology : Query result

Proto-Berber: *ṭVf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grasp' 1, 'seize' 2

Nefusa: ǝṭṭǝf 1

Siwa: ǝṭṭǝf 1

Ghat: ǝṭṭǝf 1

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ǝṭṭǝf 1

Zenaga: yo-ḍof 2

Rif: ǝṭṭǝf 1

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ǝṭṭǝf 1

Proto-Berber: *ṭVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf'

Tawllemmet: ā-ḍēl

Proto-Berber: *ṭVrVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sprinkle'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): e-ḍrer

Proto-Berber: *ṭVy/w-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fold, bend' 1, 'be folded' 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-ḍǝ 2

Tawllemmet: a-ḍu 1

Seghrushen: a-ḍi 1

Proto-Berber: *uzzar

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to winnow'

Ayr: uzzar 'ê. versé sur le sol ou sur une natte pour que le vent emportes les débris de paille/les déchets/la poussière (grains des céréales, après le battage); ê. versé (en général)' (Alojaly 1980, 216)

Tawllemmet: uzzar 'ê. versé sur le sol ou sur une natte pour que le vent emportes les débris de paille/les déchets/la poussière (grains des céréales, après le battage); ê. versé (en général)' (Alojaly 1980, 216)

Ntifa: a-z-úzzǝr 'le vannage; action de séparer le grain de la paille broyée en le lanc̣ant en l'air à l'aide d'une fourche, puis d'une pelle'

Izdeg: Zkara s-úzzǝr 'vanner', Zmr. a-zu-zǝr 'vannage' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Snus: s-úzzǝr 'vanner' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-zu-zǝr 'vannage' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Proto-Berber: *waḳy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles'

Izayan: tya-uqi-t, Ishkern Igerwan a-uqi

Proto-Berber: *wall(-Vn)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eye' 1, 'eyes' 2

Ghadames: wǝl 1

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): all-ǝn 2

Semlal: wall-ǝn 2

Ntifa: all-n 2

Shawiya: t_-ala 1, 'source, spring'

Proto-Berber: *wil

Meaning: 'daughter'

Nefusa: illi

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ul-ǝt

Notes: ENum. wl-t

Proto-Berber: *w/yVggi/*gugi

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'many' 1, 'all' 2

Ghadames: Fodjaha uggû-t, ggû-t-ǝn 1

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a yǝḡḡî-n 1

Zenaga: kugi (dissimilated <*gugi) 2

Semlal: kīgān, gīgān 1

Baamrani: kigan, gigan 1

Proto-Berber: *wulli

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sheep, goats'

Ghadames: welli, wulli 'chèvre' Lan., 390

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ulli (pl. of tiɣsé) 'chèvre' F. 1781

Semlal: ? ta-wäla 'troupeau (appartenant à un village' Dest. 286 (prob. < some verb)

Sened: Mṭmṭ ulli Tak II, 24

Figig: ulli 'moutons' Kössm.

Shawiya: utili 'ovins' Kössm. 193 (strange -t-!)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ulli 'brebis' Dallet 441

Notes: Pr. H No. 220 (and Kössm. 193): Ghdm., Audj. Hgr etc. te-hele <*tiHeli, which, on the contrary, is to be connected with *ʔayl- 'ram' 3061 (together with Brb. forms of the t-ili type), as *ʔ > h in Hgr, while *ʕ> Hgr 0

Proto-Berber: *wVc̣ar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'torture' (v.)

Ayr: uẓar

Tawllemmet: uẓar

Proto-Berber: *wVd- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lance, dart'

Zenaga: ta-od_(a)

Proto-Berber: *wVdad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wild ram (Ammotragus lervia)'

Ghadames: udad

Nefusa: a-wdād

Ghat: udad

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ūdad

Semlal: udad

Izdeg: udad

Izayan: ud_ad_

Proto-Berber: *(wV)fVs-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'spit'

Ntifa: s-ufs

Izayan: fs

Snus: s-ufǝs

Proto-Berber: *-wVhar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: fox

Senhadja: i-uhar

Rif: Ait Tuzin a-whar

Menasser: Ait Warain uhar

Proto-Berber: *wVraɣ ~ *rVwaḳ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: green' 1, yellow 2

Ghadames: arǝɣ 1 (vb.)

Siwa: a-wraɣ 1

Ayr: irwaɣ 2 (vb.)

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): irwaɣ 2 (vb.)

Zenaga: yǝrǝʔ 2

Semlal: awraɣ 2 (vb.)

Izdeg: awraɣ 2 (vb.)

Shawiya: awraɣ 2 (vb.)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): awraɣ 2 (vb.)

Proto-Berber: *wVrḍam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: stone with a copper vein

Ayr: awǝrḍam/iwǝrḍamăn 'pierre contenant le minéral de cuivre' Aloj 201

Tawllemmet: id.

Proto-Berber: *wVr(H)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'herd'

Semlal: ta-uru-t 't. (de boeufs)' Dest, 286; Azilal ta-wru-t 'troupeau' ~ tiwra id. Kössmann No. 98

Izdeg: Moyen Atlas (Maroc central) ta-wru-tt 'troupeau' Kössmann, No. 197

Proto-Berber: *wVššVn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'jackal'

Ghadames: weššin

Nefusa: uššen

Semlal: uššǝn

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): uššen

Proto-Berber: *wVtif-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'spit' 1, 'spittle' 2

Ayr: s-utǝf 1 (uttaf 'ê. craché), ta-s-utǝf-t 2 Aloj 188

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): s-utǝf 1, tǝ-sû-tif-t 2 F 1885

Tawllemmet: s-utǝf 1 (uttaf 'ê. craché), ta-s-utǝf-t 2

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): s-tusef 1 Dallet 759 (mistakenly derived from s-usǝf id.)