ⵜⴰⵃⴱⵓⴱⵜ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From ⴰⵃⴱⵓⴱ (aḥbub) +‎ ⵜ- -ⵜ (t- -t), borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حبوب (ḥbūb), from Arabic حُبُوب (ḥubūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħbubt/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [θɑ̝ħβu̞fθ]
    • (Arabism) IPA^(key): [θɑ̝ʕbu̞bð]

Noun

ⵜⴰⵃⴱⵓⴱⵜ • (taḥbubt) f

1. unit of any fruit, grain, pimple, etc
2. berry

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 102