tayuga

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tayugʷa, tayyuga, tawgtt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin iugum (“yoke, pair”). Doublet of zuj and jjuj.

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵢⵓⴳⴳⵯⴰ (tayuggʷa, “pair”), Tarifit tyuya (“pair”), Kabyle ṯayuḡa, ṯayuḡʷa (“pair”), Northern Saharan Berber tǧuǧa, tgugǝt, ǧu (“pair”), and Tachawit ṯiug(g)a (“pair”).

Noun

tayuga f (plural tiyugiwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵓⴳⴰ, Arabic spelling تايوڭا)

  1. pair, yoke
    مدّن ار كّرزن س يات تييوڭا نغ ازدا.
    mddn ar kkrzn s yat tyuga nġ azda.
    people ploughs with a pair of oxen, or sometimes with a single animal.
  2. cultivation, ploughing

Inflection

Inflection of tayuga
singular plural
free state tayuga tiyugiwin
annexed state tyuga tyugiwin

Derived terms

  • tayuga n idukan (“pair of shoes”)
  • tayuga tamaẓuẓt (“late cultivation”)
  • tayuga tamnzuyt (“early cultivation”)

See also

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
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