agayyu

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• IPA^(key): /aɡajːu/

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agayyu m (construct state ugayyu, plural iguyya, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴰⵢⵢⵓ, Arabic spelling آڭايّو)

1. head

   Synonyms: ixf, aqllal

   ياغيّي وڭايّو نو ― yaɣ yyi ugayyu nu ― my head hurts.

2. reason, intelligence, wit

   ايلّا وڭايّو ― illa ugayyu ― he's intelligent.

• 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 119b