smmus

Tashelhit

Tashelhit numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: smmus
    Ordinal: wiss smmus

Etymology

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Cognate with Zenaga šäṃṃuš (“five”), Ghadames sǝmmǝs (“five”), and Tuareg sămmos (“five”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smːus/

Numeral

smmus m (feminine smmust, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵎⵎⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling سمّوس)

  1. five
    سمّوس ف كّوژ: تّژا. ― smmus f kkuẓ: ttẓa. ― five and four are nine.
    زايدات س سمّوست الخطوات. ― zaydat s smmust lxṭwat. ― take five steps forward.

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2009a
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