tawkka

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tawkkat

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَوَكَّا (tawakka~tawekka, “worm”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“worm”).

Cognate with Ghomara taḇekkiwt (“worm”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵡⴽⴽⵉⵡ (awkkiw, “worm”), Kabyle tawekka (“worm”), Senhaja de Srair tiwekkit (“worm”), Nefusa tekičča (“worm”), Tarifit akeccaw (“worm”), Tunisian Berber takitša (“worm”), Chenoua haxečča (“worm”), Tachawit tikeči (“worm”), and Tuareg tawəkke (“earthworm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tawkːa/

Noun

tawkka f (construct state twkka, plural tiwkkiwin, masculine equivalent awkka, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⴽⴽⴰ, Arabic spelling تاوكّا)

  1. worm, worms
    يوفا نّ الدّات ن بن داوود تخوجما س توكّا.
    yufa nn ddat n bn dawd txujma s twkka.
    he found the body of ibn Dawud, rotten and infested with worms.
  2. caterpillar

Inflection

Inflection of tawkka
singular plural
free state tawkka tiwkkatin, tiwkkiwin
annexed state twkka tiwkkiwin, tiwkkatin

Derived terms

  • izi n twkka (“big green fly”)
  • tawkka lli icttan asngar (“corn worm”)
  • tawkka lḥrir (“silkworm”)
  • tawkka n will (“rock worm”)
  • taẓṛẓiyt n tawkka (“type of fibulae”)

See also

  • akal (“earth”)
  • tabxxuyt (“insect”)
  • tilkit (“louse”)

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 2584b
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