akʷr

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔkər (“to steal”)[1].

Cognate with Ghomara aḵur (“to steal”), Senhaja de Srair aker, akʷer, akkʷer (“to steal”), Central Atlas Tamazight, Northern Saharan Berber, and Tuareg akǝr (“to steal”), Kabyle akʷer, aker (“to steal”), Tarifit acar (“to steal”), Zenaga yuˀgär (“to steal”), Tetserret ǝkoṛ (“to steal”), Awjila àkər, ùkər (“to steal”), and Ghadames okǝr (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akʷr/

Verb

akʷr (intensive aorist ttakʷr, preterite ukʷr, verbal noun tukkrḍa or timikrt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵯⵔ, Arabic spelling آكُر)

  1. to steal, to rob, to deprive, to take away
  2. to cheat
  3. to skip or perform rites improperly during Islamic prayer.

Derived terms

  • imikr (“thief”)
  • myikir (“to steal from each other”)
  • tukkrḍa, askkrḍ (“theft, stealing”)

References

  • 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 218b
  1. ^ Reconstruction of the Proto-Berber Light Verbs. page 308
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