imikk

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Latin mica (“crumb”). Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵎⵉⴽ (imik, “few”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imikː/

Adverb

imikk (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉⴽⴽ, Arabic spelling ايميكّ)

  1. a little, a bit, a few
    imikk n imddukkal ad dars. ― he has a few friends.

Derived terms

  • imik s imik (“little by little”)
  • imikkuk (“tiny amount”)
  • yan imikk (“a little ”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1104b
  • Schuchardt, Hugo (1918), Die romanischen Lehnwörter im Berberischen (Sitzungsberichte der Wiener Akademie der Wissenschaften; 188, IVth treatise)‎[1] (in German), Wien: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder
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