nkk
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Nokuku.
Symbol
nkk
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Nokuku terms
Tashelhit
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *năʔḱḱ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku.
Cognate with Senhaja de Srair nekki (“I”), Kabyle nekk (“I”), Tarifit necc (“I”), Ghadames năšš (“I”), Awjila nǝk (“I”), Nefusa neč (“I”), Siwi niš (“I”), Tuareg nằkk (“I”), Fogaha nékki, nek (“I”), Zenaga niʔK (“I”), Egyptian jnk (“I, me”), and Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku (“I”).
Pronoun
nkk m or f (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴽⴽ, Arabic spelling نكّ)
- I (first-person singular free pronoun)
- نكّ س يخف ينو. ― nkk s ixf inu. ― I myself.
See also
| Free pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | nkk | nkkʷni | ||
| 2nd person | m | kyy | kʷnni | |
| f | kmm | kʷnnimti | ||
| 3rd person | m | ntta | nttni | |
| f | nttat | nttnti | ||
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, , →ISBN, page 1806
- Blažek, Václav (2019). "The Afroasiatic Personal Pronouns: A Textbook Example of a Suppletive Paradigm". In Kim, Ronald I. (ed.). Diachronic Perspectives of Suppletion. Baar-Verlag, pages 242–243