mmi

See also: MMI

Translingual

Symbol

mmi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hember Avu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hember Avu terms

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• mimmi, memmi (poetic)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mːi/

Noun

mmi m

1. (my) son
2. term of endearment

Usage notes

In the singular, kinship terms ending in -a or -i are assumed to refer to a first-person singular possessor when used without affixes; for example, baba (“my father”). To refer to another possessor, a specific set of bound pronouns must be used.

References

• 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

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• memmi — Western Tarifit

Etymology

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Noun

mmi m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵎⵉ)

1. (my) son

Related terms

• baba (“father”)
• yemma (“mother”)
• yeǧi (“daughter”)