akkʷ

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (akkʷ, entirely), from Proto-Berber [Term?].

Cognate with Tamasheq ăkk, hăkk (all), Ghat nak (every), Tawellemmet and Tayert ak (every, all), Kabyle akʷ (all), and Northern Saharan Berber akk (all).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akːʷ/

Adverb

akkʷ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴽⵯ, Arabic spelling آكُّ)

  1. all
    Synonym: kullu
    كّان اكُّ مدّن تاڭانت، اورّيند، نتّان ا يغامان ڭيس.
    kkan akkʷ mddn tagant, urrin d, nttan a iġaman gis
    all the people went to the forest and came back, but he stayed there.
  2. entirely, completely, absolutely
    Synonym: kullu
    شّانت اكُّ.ššan t akkʷ.they ate it completely.

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 214a