afus
Kabyle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afus/
Noun
afus m (plural ifassen, feminine equivalent tafust)
- (anatomy) hand
- Argaz-nni yerfed afus nnes akken ad d-yefk yiwen sswal.
- The man raised his hand to ask a question.
- handful
- Synonyms: lkʷemca, tummeẓt, tiseggʷilt
- sleeve
- Synonym: lkʷemm
- handle
- help
- Synonyms: ambʷafeq, ttawil, lemɛawna
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | afus | ifassen |
| annexed state | ufus | ifassen |
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
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs (“hand”)[1], from Proto-Afroasiatic.
Cognate with Zenaga ävuʔš (“hand”), Tuareg ăfus (“hand”), Ghadames ōfess (“hand”), Proto-Chadic *pVs/c- (“hand”)[2], and Aramaic [script needed] (psʔ, “palm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afus/
Noun
afus m (construct state ufus, plural ifassn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفوس)
Inflection
Derived terms
- all afus (“to stop”)
- amẓ afus (“economize”)
- g afus (“to steal”)
- imi n ufus (“wrist”)
See also
References
- ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 48
- ^ Olga Stolbova Chadic Lexical Database Issue VI: Labials b, f, p page :185 [[1]]
- 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, , →ISBN, page 110b