afud

From Proto-Berber, likely from Proto-Afroasiatic.

afud m (plural ⵉⴼⴰⴷⴷⵏ)

1. knee

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 106

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aʔfud (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?].

Cognates include Zenaga oʔfud̠ (“knee”), Ghadames ōfed (“knee”), Northern Saharan Berber fud (“knee”), Tuareg ăfud (“knee”) and Egyptian pꜣḏ (“knee”).

• IPA^(key): /afud/

afud m (plural ifaddn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⴷ, Arabic spelling آفود)

1. knee
2. vigour, strength
3. knot (of a plant)
4. relief, surface elevation
5. knee height
6. lap (of a person)

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 107a