Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/a-fuʔs

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

Noun

*a-fuʔs m

  1. hand

Descendants

  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus)
  • Tashelhit: afus
  • Kabyle: afus
  • Tarifit: fus
  • Tuareg: ăfus
  • Zenaga: ävuʔš

From a metathesized form *aʔfus:

  • Ghadames: ófǝss
  • Nefusa: ufəs

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
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