tafunast

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafunast/

Noun

tafunast f (plural tisita or tistan or tifunasin, masculine equivalent afunas)

  1. cow

Usage notes

The plural tifunasin is considered incorrect and child language in Greater Kabylia.

Inflection

Inflection of tafunast
singular plural
free state tafunast tisita, tistan, tifunasin
annexed state tfunast tsita, testan, tfunasin

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafunast/

Noun

tafunast f (plural tifunasin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵏⴰⵙⵜ) (Hmed, Taghzut)

  1. cow
    Synonym: tamwat

Declension

Inflection of tafunast
singular plural
free state tafunast tifunasin
annexed state tfunast tfunasin

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. By surface analysis, afunas (“ox”) +‎ t- -t.

Noun

tafunast f (plural tifunasin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵏⴰⵙⵜ)

  1. female equivalent of afunas: cow

Inflection

Inflection of tafunast
singular plural
free state tafunast tifunasin
annexed state tfunast tfunasin
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