tamiwt

tamiwt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Ghadames tǝmmi (“eyebrow”), Kabyle timmi (“eyebrow”), Northern Saharan Berber tammi (“eyebrow”), and Awjila màgi (“eyebrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamiwt/

Noun

tamiwt f (plural timiwa, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵉⵡⵜ, Arabic spelling تاميوت)

  1. eyebrow
    تينزرت ا تڭا يميكّ! تاميوت نس توف اقنضار.
    tinzrt a tga imikk! tamiwt ns tuf aqnḍar.
    and that nose is so small! no treasure is worth her eyebrow (lit. her eyebrow is worth more than a hundredweight).

Inflection

Inflection of tamiwt
singular plural
free state tamiwt timiwa
annexed state tmiwt tmiwa

See also

  • argl (“eyelash”)
  • tiṭṭ (“eye”)
  • udm (“face”)

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 2472b
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