amecɣerdayen

Tashelhit

Etymology

From amecc +‎ iɣerdayen, literally “mice eater”.

Compare Tuareg emeššlleɣ (“a type of reptiles”), Kabyle amecceddal (“big ant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aməʃɣərdajən/

Noun

amecɣerdayen m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵛⵖⴻⵔⴷⴰⵢⴻⵏ, Arabic spelling آمشغرداين)

  1. (Medieval Tashelhit) a type of snakes

References

  • 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 223
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