isk

See also: ISK, IS-K, isk-, and -isk

Translingual

Symbol

isk

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ishkashimi.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ishkashimi terms

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *isəḱ (“horn”).

Compare Tuareg isek (“horn”), Tarifit icc (“horn”), and Awjila ick (“horn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isk/

Noun

isk m (construct state yisk, plural askiwn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⴽ, Arabic spelling ايسك)

  1. horn
    izimmr ur a t zziwizn waskiwn nns.
    the goat is not bothered by its horns (i.e., one should not complain when one is responsible for one's own misfortunes)
  2. peak (of a mountain)
    Synonym: anfa,afa

Inflection

Inflection of isk
singular plural
free state isk askiwn
construct state yisk waskiwn

Derived terms

  • buwaskiwn (“a variety of dates”)
  • isk n jbir (“ginger”)
  • isk n lbaṛuḍ (“powder horn”)
  • isk uzgr (“borage”)
  • isk uɣrabbu (“prow of a boat”)

See also

  • agayyu (“head”)
  • azgr (“ox”)
  • aɣaḍ (“goat”)

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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1148b
  • 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 248
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