taɣawsa

Kabyle

Etymology

An old borrowing from Latin causa. Cognate with Tashelhit taɣawsa.

Noun

taɣawsa f (construct state tɣawsa, plural tiɣawsiwin, plural construct state tɣawsiwin)

  1. thing, stuff

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causa (“thing”), via African Romance.

Compare Kabyle taɣawsa (“thing”), Tuareg taɣawše (“affair”), Nefusa taɣawsa (“thing, object”), French chose (“thing”), and Catalan cosa (“thing, affair”).

Noun

taɣawsa f (construct state tɣawsa, plural tiɣawsiwin or tiɣawsin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴰⵡⵙⴰ, Arabic spelling تاغاوسا)

  1. thing, object
    Synonym: lḥajt
    ma ism n tġawsa ad s tšlḥiyt? ― What is this thing called in Tashlhiyt?
  2. affair, case, matter
    taġawsa n ššraɛ ar fllas ttbdadn ar kiġ tt fran ayt lɛilm.
    The matter relating to Muslim law is followed (by the aldermen) until it is settled by the jurists.
  3. need
    a iqḍu ṛbbi tiġawsiwin nnġ. ― May God satisfy our needs.

Derived terms

  • kran tɣawsa (“something”)
  • kraygatt tɣawsa (“anything”)
  • taɣawsa mẓẓin (“tiny thing”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2399a
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