ⵉⵍⵎ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *a-alăm

Proto-Berber *elăm

Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵍⵎ

Inherited from Proto-Berber *elăm (“skin”), from earlier *a-alăm, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ilm/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [ilm̩]

Noun

ⵉⵍⵎ • (ilm) m

1. skin

Synonyms

• ⴰⴳⵯⵍⵉⵎ (agʷlim)
• ⴰⵀⵉⵜⵓⵔ (ahitur)
• ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ (aksum)

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 105