amzzuɣ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • amẓẓuɣ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-məzzuɣ (“ear”).

Compare Tarifit ameẓẓuɣ (“ear”), Senhaja De Srair amezzug (“ear”), and Tuareg tamăẓẓukk (“ear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amzːuɣ/

Noun

amzzuɣ m (plural imzgan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵣⵣⵓⵖ, Arabic spelling آمزّوغ)

  1. ear
    tkšm ġ umzzuġ, tffuġ ġ wayyaḍ.
    he doesn't retain the message (lit. it went in one ear, it came out the other)

Inflection

Inflection of amzzuɣ
singular plural
free state amzzuɣ imzgan
construct state umzzuɣ imzgan

Derived terms

  • amzzuɣ n tili (“buttercup”)
  • amzzuɣ n wuṣkay (“reseda”)
  • bu umzzuɣ (“coin”)

See also

  • agayyu (“head”)
  • sfld (“to hear”)
  • udm (“face”)

References

  • 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 320a
  • 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, page 252
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