abbu

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⴳⵓ (aggu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abːu/

Noun

abbu m (usually uncountable)

  1. (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

Inflection of abbu
singular plural
free state abbu —
annexed state wabbu —

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
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