timessi

• imessi (Ketama)

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Cognates include Kabyle timess (“fire, hell”), Tachawit times (“fire, hell”), Northern Saharan Berber timsi (“fire, hell”), Siwi temsi (“fire, hell”), Nefusa temsi (“fire, fireplace”), Sokna timsi (“fire”), Tuareg temse (“fire”).

• IPA^(key): /timəsːi/

timessi f (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵙⵙⵉ)

1. fire, heat, warmth

   Synonym: lɛafya (Hmed)

   Kayen timessi din. ― There is a fire over there.

2. fever

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Compare Kabyle timess (“fire, hell”), Tachawit times (“fire, hell”), Northern Saharan Berber timsi (“fire, hell”), Siwi temsi (“fire, hell”), Nefusa temsi (“fire, fireplace”), Sokna timsi (“fire”), Tuareg temse (“fire”), and Tashelhit timssi (“fire,light”).

timessi f (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵙⵙⵉ)

1. fire, flame, blaze
2. spark
3. hearth (of fire)
4. fever