axxam

Probably from Arabic خيمة (ḵayma, “tent”), though the semantic development from "tent" to "room, house" is problematic. Alternatively, from the Proto-Berber root *ɣ-m, and thus related to qqim (“to sit, to stay”).

• IPA^(key): /aχːam/

axxam m (plural ixxamen, feminine equivalent taxxamt)

1. house
2. home, household

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

• IPA^(key): /aχːam/

axxam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵅⴰⵎ)

1. Ketama form of axyam

Probably from Arabic خيمة (ḵayma, “tent”), though the semantic development from "tent" to "room, house" is problematic. Alternatively, from the Proto-Berber root *ɣ-m, and thus related to qqim (“to sit, to stay”).

axxam m (plural ixxamen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵅⴰⵎ)

1. room

   Synonym: řbit

• Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN