tameṭṭut

Ghomara

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *ṭ-ṭ-ḍder.

Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t

Ghomara tameṭṭut

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [tˤɑmˤətˤːoθ]

Noun

tameṭṭut f (plural timeṭṭutan)

1. woman

   Synonym: (plural only) tiɛdal

2. wife

Inflection

Inflection of tameṭṭut

	singular	plural
free state	tameṭṭut	timeṭṭutan
annexed state	tmeṭṭut	tmeṭṭutan

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Kabyle

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *ṭ-ṭ-ḍder.

Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t

Kabyle tameṭṭut

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamətˤːut/

Noun

tameṭṭut f (plural tilawin or tulawin)

1. woman

   Synonyms: lewlegga, tawellit, tamexluqt

2. wife

   Synonyms: meṭṭu, zzwaǧ

Inflection

Inflection of tameṭṭut

	singular	plural
free state	tameṭṭut	tilawin, tulawin
annexed state	tmeṭṭut	tilawin, tlawin

Derived terms

• ameṭṭuḥ (“mannish woman”)
• meṭṭu (“wife”)
• timeṭṭuyin (“women of no dignity”)

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• dameṭṭut (Ayt Waryaɣeř)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *ṭ-ṭ-ḍder.

Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t

Tarifit tameṭṭut

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-m-əṭṭuṭ-t (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Iqeřɛiyen) IPA^(key): [θɑmˤɐtˤːʊˑθ]

Noun

tameṭṭut f (plural timɣarin or tisednan or lxalat, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵟⵟⵓⵜ)

1. woman; wife

   Synonym: tamɣart

   Antonym: aryaz

Inflection

Inflection of tameṭṭut

	singular	plural
free state	tameṭṭut	timɣarin, tisednan, lxalat
annexed state	tmeṭṭut	temɣarin, tsednan, lxalat

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)