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Amazigh word
Meaning : wood, tree
#Tachelhit : asɣar
#Taqbaylit : asɣar
#Tarifit : asɣar
#Tamacheq : esaɣer
#Tamajeq : ašaɣer
#Tetserret : ašaṛ
#Old-Libyan : šqrh
It's interesting that the old Libyan has /š/ and /q/ here
Amazigh root *DWL
#Tamajeq :
ǝdwǝl = to grow up
#Tarifit :
ḏwer = to return, wait, become
#Tetserret :
edbǝl = to return, wait, become
Correspondence
Meaning : sheep, ram...
#Tachelhit : izimer
#Taqbaylit : izimer
#Tarifit : izimer
#Tetserret : ižemer
#Tamajeq : ažemar
#Ghadames : aẓumer
#Nefusa : zumer
The emphasis in ghadames is odd
Correspondence
#Tamajeq :
- zǝgrǝt
- tǝzǝgrǝt
#Tarifit :
- azegrar
- tuzegret
#Tachelhit :
- iɣzif
- tiɣzi
#Tetserret :
- izzuf
- tezzi
Meaning :
- be long, large..
- height, length..
Correspondances
Meaning : Kind of bread
Root : KNF
#Ghadames : Taknift
#Tarifit : Taknift
#Tamajeq_Ayer : Ǝkenǝf
Root : WNF
#Ghomara : Tawnaft
#Tetserret : Tawnǝft
WNF is probably also from KNF but I wonder if the shift K>W in tetserret and Ghomara happened independently
Correspondances
Meaning : little / young
Root : MḌRY
#Ghadames meḍri
#Tamajeq : mǝḍriy
#Tamacheq : mǝḍriy
Root : MẒY
#Tachelhit : imẓi
#Taqbaylit : imẓi
#Tarifit : meẓẓey
#Tetserret : moẓẓǝk
#Zenaga : maẓẓug
Amazigh words for 'Bread' (Kind of)
Root : KNF
#Ghadames : Taknift
#Tarifit : Taknift
#Ghomara : Tawnaft
#Tetserret : Tawnǝft
This is maybe the old Amazigh word for bread.
But how to explain the KNF /WNF difference 🤔
Amazigh words for 'to Swear'
> Root : *βḍ
#Ghadames : abǝḍ
#Awjila : avǝṭ
#Tamajeq : ǝhǝḍ
> Root : *gl
#Kabyle: ggall
#Tachelhit : ggall
#Atlas_tamazight : ggall
#Tarifit : ǧǧal, žžaǧǧ
#Wargla : žžall
#Tetserret : ezzǝl
#Zenaga : azziy
