ⴰⵍⵢ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Berber *aləy, from earlier *ăHləy, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal- (“to rise”). Compare Proto-Semitic *ʕaly- (“to ascend”), Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”), Tarifit aři (“to climb, ascend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alj/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [æli̞(j)]

Verb

ⴰⵍⵢ • (aly)

1. to climb
2. to go up

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 31