mraw

mraw

Kabyle

Kabyle numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ɛecra
    Learned cardinal: mraw

Etymology

Learned borrowing from another Berber language[1]. Compare Tashelhit mraw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mraw/

Numeral

mraw m (feminine mrawet)

  1. (neologism) ten
    Synonym: ɛecra

References

  1. ^ Ramdane Achab (2013), L’aménagement du lexique berbère de 1945 à nos jours[1] (in French), Editions Achab

Tashelhit

Tashelhit numbers (edit)
100[a], [b], [c]
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1
    Cardinal: mraw
    Ordinal: wiss mraw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Ghadames maraw (ten), Zenaga märäg (ten), Tuareg ṃăraw (ten), Northern Saharan Berber mraw (ten) and Guanche marago (ten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mraw/

Numeral

mraw m (feminine mrawt, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵔⴰⵡ, Arabic spelling مراو)

  1. ten
    لّانت مراوت تاكاتين.llant mrawt takatin.there are ten families.

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1759b