abbu
Kabyle
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⴳⵓ (aggu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbu m (usually uncountable)
- (thick) smoke
- Synonym: dduxxan
- Yekker wabbu deggʷ alim, ḥedd ur yeɛlim.
- Smoke came out of the straw and nobody knows where it came from.
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | abbu | — |
| annexed state | wabbu | — |
References
[edit]- Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
- Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France