afud

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud (“knee”).

• IPA^(key): /afud/

afud m (plural ifadden, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⴷ)

1. knee

   Uka u id-irẓa ci afud nnes, uka netta asreɛ waḥed.

   If he hadn't broken his knee, he would have been the fastest one.

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?].

Cognates include Senhaja de Srair afud (“knee”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⵓⴷ (afud, “knee”), Zenaga oʔfud̠ (“knee”), Ghadames ōfed (“knee”), Nefusa uféd (“knee”), Northern Saharan Berber fud (“knee”), Tuareg ăfud (“knee”) and Egyptian pꜣḏ (“knee”).

• IPA^(key): /afud/

afud m (plural ifaddn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⴷ, Arabic spelling آفود)

1. knee
2. vigour, strength
3. knot (of a plant)
4. relief, surface elevation
5. knee height
6. lap (of a person)

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 107a