yewwen

Senhaja de Srair

Senhaja de Srair numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: yewwen
    Ordinal: lluwwel

Alternative forms

  • yuwwen, iwwen
  • yiwen (Bunsar, Zerqet)
  • yan (Ketama, Taghzut)
  • igʷen (Hmed, Tamaddit)
  • ugʷen (Tamaddit)
  • iggʷen (Seddat)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *yiwăʔ-ăn (“one”).

Cognates include Tashelhit yan (“one”), Kabyle yiwen (“one”), Zenaga yun (“one”), Tarifit ijjen (“one”), Tuareg əyyăn (“one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juwːən/

Numeral

yewwen m (feminine yewwet, Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴻⵡⵡⴻⵏ)

  1. one
    Ɣur-i yewwen tecqiqt. ― I have one sister.

References

  • 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
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