akʷfay

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • agʷfay, agfay, afkʷay, ikfi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aḱeffay (“freshness, milk”), from Proto-Berber *iḱfay (“to be fresh”).[1]

Compare Tuareg ikfay (“to be fresh (milk)”), Kabyle ayefki (“milk”), Tarifit aceffay (“milk”), Tachawit aɣi aceffa (“fresh milk”), and Zenaga tiʔffikkiʔḏ (“foam (of milk)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akʷfaj/

Noun

akʷfay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵯⴼⴰⵢ, Arabic spelling آكُفاي)

  1. milk

See also

  • aɣu (“coagulated milk”)
  • taglayt (“egg”)
  • udi (“butter”)

References

  1. ^ Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 203
  • 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
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