tantala

See also: tantalā, tantāla, and tantālā

Latin

Noun

tantala

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tantalum

Latvian

Noun

tantala m

1. genitive singular of tantals

Tashelhit

Etymology

Verbal noun of ntl (“to be hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tantala/

Noun

tantala f (plural tantaliwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⵜⴰⵍⴰ, Arabic spelling تانتالا)

1. jargon, unintelligible language
2. regional dialect

Inflection

Inflection of tantala

	singular	plural
free state	tantala	tantaliwin
annexed state	tantala	tantaliwin

Descendants

• → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵏⵜⴰⵍⴰ (tantala, “dialect”)
• → Kabyle: tantala (“dialect”)

See also

• awal (“speech”)
• ils (“language”)
• imi (“mouth”)
• sawl (“to speak”)
• tasga (“region”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2505b