ayyaw

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aβăyaw (“nephew, grandchild”).

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵢⵢⴰⵡ (ayyaw, “grandchild, nephew”), Tashelhit ayyaw (“grandchild, nephew”), Kabyle ayaw, agaw (“nephew, cousin of a woman”), Tuareg ahăya, ayyaw (“grandchild”), Zenaga āžuh, āžžuh (“cousin”).

Noun

ayyaw m (plural ayyawen, feminine equivalent tayyawt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵢⴰⵡ)

  1. grandchild, grandson
  2. nephew
  3. cousin

Declension

Inflection of ayyaw
singular plural
free state ayyaw ayyawen
construct state wayyaw wayyawen
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