Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/ăβkəʔ

This Proto-Berber entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Berber

Verb

*ăβkəʔ (imperfect *əβăḱḱăʔ or *əβăkkăʔ)

  1. to give

Descendants

  • West Moroccan:
    • South and Mid-Atlas Moroccan:
      • Tashelhit: fk, imperfect akka
      • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴽⴼ (kf), ⴼⴽ (fk), ⵛⴼ (cf), ⴼⵛ (fc), imperfect ⴰⴽⴽⴰ (akka) (with metathesis)
    • Kabyle: əfk, imperfect ttak (< *ak)
  • Zenati:
    • Moroccan:
      • Tarifit: ewc
      • Figuig: wəš, imperfect ttič (< *ič)
    • Algerian:
      • Northern Saharan Berber: uš, imperfect ttiš (Ouargla), uš, imperfect ttiš (Mzab)
        • Northern Saharan Berber: yuš (“god”)
  • Tuareg: ăkf, imperfect hăkk (with metathesis)
  • Ghadames: ăkf, imperfect βăkk

References

  • Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, pages 270, 272
  • Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 175
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