zyu

Senhaja de Srair

Root
z-l
1 term

Alternative forms

  • zzyu
  • zlu, zzlu (Zerqet)
  • jju (Taghzut)

Etymology

From earlier zlu, inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zju/

Verb

zyu (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵢⵓ)

  1. (transitive) to butcher, to slaughter
    Synonyms: ṭiyyer (Ketama, Taghzut, Zerqet), sferfer (Zerqet), wezzeɛ (Hmed)
  • (verbal noun) azyu (“butchering, slaughter”)
  • (causative) ssezyu (“to make butcher, to make slaughter”)
  • (passive) ttezyu (“to be butchered, to be slaughtered”)

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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