ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *ṭ-ṭ-ḍder.

Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t

Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t (“woman”), active participle from *ṭ-ṭ-ḍ (“to suckle, to nurse”). Cognate with Tashelhit tamṭṭut (“woman,wife”), Kabyle and Tarifit tameṭṭut (“woman,wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamtˤtˤutt/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [t̪ˤɑmət̪ˤːʊ̙̞t̪ˤ(ː)]

Noun

ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ • (tamṭṭutt) f (plural ⵜⵉⵎⵟⵟⴰⵜ (timṭṭat) or ⵜⵉⵙⴷⵏⴰⵏ (tisdnan))

1. woman
2. wife

   Antonym: ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ (argaz)

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 106