ckun

ckun

Ghomara

Alternative forms

  • cku (free allomorph used only when occurring independently)
  • ck (free allomorph used only when followed by a relative clause)

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شكون (škūn), from Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء يَكُونُ (ʔayyu šayʔ yakūnu, literally “whatever it is”).

Pronunciation

  • (Iɛraben) IPA(key): [ʃkʊn]

Pronoun

ckun m or f

  1. (interrogative) who

References

  • Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎[1], Leiden

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

  • ck (allomorph used in some contexts)
  • cku (Hmed, Ketama, Zerqet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شكون (škūn), from Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء يَكُونُ (ʔayyu šayʔ yakūnu, literally “whatever it is”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃkun/

Pronoun

ckun m or f (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⴽⵓⵏ)

  1. (interrogative) who, what
  2. (interrogative) which
    Synonym: acmen

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL
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