ibba
Tashelhit
Alternative forms
- ibbʷa, baba, bbʷa
Etymology
From Proto-Berber *ʔab(b)-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-.
Compare Tuareg abba (“father”).
Noun
ibba m (plural id ibba, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴱⴱⴰ, Arabic spelling ايبّا)
- father
- mani s ifta ibbatnġ?
- where our father go?
- sakan d ibbatsn dar uḍbib
- they took their father to the doctor.
Derived terms
- innas n ibba (“paternal grandmother”)
- innas n imma (“maternal grandmother”)
See also
- inna (“mother”)
- tawja (“family”)
- tigmmi (“house”)
References
- Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 1128b