tẓa

See also: tza, -tza, and TZA

Kabyle

Kabyle numbers (edit)
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: tesɛa
    Learned cardinal: tẓa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from another Berber language[1]. Compare Tashelhit tẓa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tzˤa/

Numeral

tẓa m (feminine tẓat)

  1. (neologism) nine
    Synonym: tesɛa

References

  1. ^ Ramdane Achab (2013), L’aménagement du lexique berbère de 1945 à nos jours‎[1] (in French), Editions Achab

Tashelhit

Tashelhit numbers (edit)
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: tẓa
    Ordinal: wiss tẓa

Etymology

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Cognate with Zenaga tuẓah (“nine”), Ghadames tǝṣó (“nine”), and Tuareg təẓẓa (“nine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tzˤa/

Numeral

tẓa m (feminine tẓat, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵥⴰ, Arabic spelling تژا)

  1. nine
    تژا يرگازن. ― tẓa irgazn. ― nine men.
    تژات تمغارين. ― tẓat tmġarin. ― nine women.

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2829b
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