aywul

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • aywl

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايْوُلْ (aywul, “to float”)[1], possibly related to Proto-Berber *ayləl (“to fly”), whence ayll (“to fly”). Compare the semantic developments of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (to fly, to flow, to run).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajwul/

Verb

aywul (intensive aorist ttaywul, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵡⵓⵍ, Arabic spelling آيوول)

  1. to float, to stay afloat
    مقّار اسن يايوول وژاوور ن ودرژ.
    mqqar asn yaywul uẓawur n udrẓ.
    even if a drop of fatty condiment floats (on the water).

References

  1. ^ Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 27
  • 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 540a
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