tamṭṭut

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَمَطُّوطْت (tamaṭṭuṭt, tamaṭṭuḍt, “young woman, virgin”), from Proto-Berber *ta-məṭṭuṭ-t (“woman, young woman”),[1] an active participle of *ṭ-ṭ-ḍ (“to suckle”) (whence ṭṭḍ).

Cognates

Cognate with Kabyle, Ghomara, Tarifit, Northern Saharan Berber, and Tunisian Berber tameṭṭut (“woman, wife”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ (tamṭṭutt, “woman, wife”), Sokna tamĕttùṭ (“woman”), Nefusa tameṭṭutt (“woman”), Chenoua hameṭṭut (“woman, wife”), Tuareg tamṭǝṭ, tanṭuṭ, tamăḍt (“woman, wife”), and possibly Guanche chamato (“woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamtˤːut/

Noun

tamṭṭut f (plural tisdnan, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜ, Arabic spelling تامطّوت)

  1. woman
    Synonym: tamɣart

Inflection

Inflection of tamṭṭut
singular plural
free state tamṭṭut tisdnan
annexed state tmṭṭut tsdnan
  • ssuḍeḍ (“to suckle”)
  • tawtmt (“female”)
  • taḍḍeḍit (“leech”)
  • ṭṭḍ (“to suckle”)

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 2485b
  1. ^ Karl-Gottfried Prasse (1974), Manuel de grammaire touarègue (tăhăggart), volumes IV–V: Nom, Copenhague: Éditions de l'Université de Copenhague, page 124
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