ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ta-məṭṭuṭ-t,[1] the active participle of *ṭ-ḍ (“to suckle”) (whence ⵟⵟⴹ (ṭṭḍ, “to suckle”)).

Cognate with Tashelhit tamṭṭut (“woman,wife”), Kabyle, Tarifit, and Senhaja de Srair tameṭṭut (“woman,wife”), Tuareg tamăḍt, tăməṭ (“woman, wife”), and within Pan-Berber compare Guanche chamato (“woman”).

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
  1. ^ Karl-Gottfried Prasse (1974), Manuel de grammaire touarègue (tăhăggart), volumes IV–V: Nom, Copenhague: Éditions de l'Université de Copenhague, page 124
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