tammnt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

tammint (Inzegan), tamnt (Ifni), tamemt (Ntifa)

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَامَّنت (tammant, “honey”), from Proto-Berber *tamemt (“honey”)^[1], a verbal noun of Proto-Berber *m-m (“to be sweet”) (whence imim (“to be sweet”)).

Cognates

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵎⵏⵜ (tammnt, “honey”), Ghomara tamemt, tamamt (“honey”), Senhaja de Srair t̠amment (“honey”), Kabyle tament (“honey”), Tarifit tamment (“honey”), Northern Saharan Berber tamemt (“honey”), Tunisian Berber tamamt (“honey”), Nefusa tamént, tamémt (“honey”), Ghadames tamemt (“honey”), Awjila tímənt (“honey”), Sokna tamémt (“honey”), and Tuareg tamumt, tammomt, tament (“honey”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tamːnt/

Noun

tammnt f (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵎⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تامّنت)

honey
Synonym: aslal

وا دا يران تامّنت، ايسكر تادّارت نّس.
wa da iran tammnt, iskr taddart nns.
Let him who wants honey build his own hive.

Inflection

Inflection of **tammnt**
	singular	plural
free state	tammnt	-
annexed state	tammnt	-

Derived terms

tammnt n iraman (“tar”)
tammnt n iwḍfan (“gum”)
tammnt n umksa (“a type of plants”)
tammnt n wigg (“mastic resin”)

See also

agʷlif (“bee swarm, hive”)
taddart (“beehive”)
takira (“wax”)
tazzwit (“bee”)

References

^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 33

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 2476b