taferrumt

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

  • aferrumt, iferrimt (Ketama)

Etymology

Probably Inherited from Proto-Berber. By surface analysis, aferrum +‎ t- -t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafərːumt/

Noun

taferrumt f (plural tiferrumin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⴻⵔⵔⵓⵎⵜ) (Western Senhaja de Srair)

  1. female equivalent of aferrum: little tooth
    Synonym: taqerruct (Bunsar, Seddat, Zerqet)

Declension

Inflection of taferrumt
singular plural
free state taferrumt tiferrumin
annexed state tferrumt tferrumin

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL