amayu

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier amalu, from Proto-Berber *a-malu (“shady place, shadow”)[1]

Cognate with Tashelhit amalu (“shady place, shadow”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵓ (amalu, “shadow”), and Tachawit amalu (“shady side”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amaju/

Noun

amayu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵢⵓ)

  1. forest
    Synonym: adrar (Ketama)

Declension

Inflection of amayu
singular plural
free state amayu —
annexed state umayu —

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL
  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 263
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