imkli

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-məkli (“dinner”)[1], from Proto-Berber *ăkləʔ (“to spend the day”). Synchronically from kl (“to spend the day”).

Cognate with Kabyle imekli (“meal during a journey, afternoon lunch”), Awjila aməklìw (“lunch”), and Tarifit amecři (“lunch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imkli/

Noun

imkli m (plural imklawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⴽⵍⵉ, Arabic spelling ايمكلي)

  1. lunch
    ايعرض ي يمدّوكّال نّس س دار يمكلي.
    iʕṛḍ i imddukkal nns s dar imkli.
    He invited his friends over for lunch.

Inflection

Inflection of imkli
singular plural
free state imkli imklawn, imkliwn
annexed state imkli,yimkli imklawn, imkliwn

Derived terms

  • mmkl (“to eat lunch”)
  • smkl (“to feed”)
  • smmkl (“to invite for lunch”)

See also

  • ass (“day”)
  • cc (“to eat”)
  • imnsi (“dinner”)
  • lfḍur (“breakfast”)
  • tirmt (“meal”)

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 1109a
  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 303
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