ilf

Tashelhit

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *(a-)alăf (“swine”)[1], ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥVlp- ~ *lVpḥ- (“pig, hog”)[2]. Doublet of lḥlluf

Cognate with Ghomara alef (“boar”), Tarifit iřef (“wild boar, pig, pork”), Kabyle and Tachawit ilef (“hog, pig”), Senhaja de Srair ilef umalu (“wild boar”), Guanche ilfe, ylfe (“pig”)[3], Egyptian jpḥ (“pig”), and Arabic حَلُّوف (ḥallūf, “pig”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ilf/

Noun

ilf m (plural alfiwn, feminine equivalent tilft, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵍⴼ, Arabic spelling ايلف)

  1. wild boar, pig
    Synonyms: bu tagant, murran
    ايطّاف وكاضن زوند وين ييلف
    iṭṭaf ukaḍn zund win yilf
    It has canines that resemble the tusks of wild boars.

Inflection

Inflection of ilf
singular plural
free state ilf alfan, alfiwn, ilfan
annexed state yilf walfan, walfiwn, yilfan

Derived terms

  • aknuz n yilf (“young wild boar”)
  • ilf n iṛumin (“domestic pig”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten Revision of Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber, 2011 [[1]]
  2. ^ Alexander Militarev, Reconstructing a cultural lexicon for pre-history:Berber zoonyms of Afrasian Origin. page 14
  3. ^ Dominik Josef Wölfel (1965), Monumenta Linguae Canariae [[2]] page 492
  • 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, pages 1088b-1089a
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