afullus

afullus

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afulːus/

Noun

afullus m (feminine equivalent afullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ)

  1. Ketama form of afellus

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, early borrowing from Latin pullus (“any young animal, chick”). Cognate with Tarifit fiǧus (“chick”) and Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs, “chick, rooster”).

Noun

afullus m (plural ifullusn, feminine equivalent tafullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفولّوس)

  1. rooster
    ايفولّسن ار تّزداغن غ وندارو.
    ifullusn ar ttzdaɣn ɣ undaru.
    the roosters lives in the coop.
  2. chick
    Synonym: akiyyaw

Derived terms

  • afullus n waman (“moorhen, waterfowl”)
  • takrkurt n ufullus (“cock's comb”)
  • tiɣri n ifullusn (“rooster crowing”)

See also

  • amdduz (“manure pile”)
  • andaru (“coop”)
  • aylal (“bird”)
  • tifiyyi (“meat”)

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 110a
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