axxam

Tarifit

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Arabic خيمة (ḵayma). Semantically, the spread from ‘tent’ to ‘room, house’ is problematic. Alternatively from Proto-Berber *ɣ-m (“to sit, to stay”).

Noun

axxam m (plural ixxamen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵅⴰⵎ)

  1. room
    Synonym: řbit

Declension

Inflection of axxam
singular plural
free state axxam ixxamen
construct state wexxam yexxamen

References

  • Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN
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