Correspondence
#Tetserret :
ogrǝḍ = djin, evil spirit
#Tachelhit :
agruḍ = ogre
But this word is less attested in other Amazigh languages compared to waɣzen , tamẓa and tegru
Amazigh words
Meaning : the carcass of a beast not ritually slaughtered
#Tamajeq : amaxsay
#Tachawit : amaxsu
#Tachelhit : miḍrus
#Tetserret : ǝməḍrǝš
Correspondence
#Tetserret :
igez = little camel
#Tachelhit :
igiz = calf, little camel
Amazigh word
Meaning : wood, tree
#Tachelhit : asɣar
#Taqbaylit : asɣar
#Tarifit : asɣar
#Tamacheq : esaɣer
#Tamajeq : ašaɣer
#Tetserret : ašaṛ
#Old-Libyan : šqrh
It's interesting that the old Libyan has /š/ and /q/ here
Amazigh word
Meaning : love
#Ghadames : Taberi
#Tachelhit : Tayri
#Tamacheq : Tarha
#Tamajeq : Tara
#Tetserret : Anara
Correspondence
Meaning : sheep, ram...
#Tachelhit : izimer
#Taqbaylit : izimer
#Tarifit : izimer
#Tetserret : ižemer
#Tamajeq : ažemar
#Ghadames : aẓumer
#Nefusa : zumer
The emphasis in ghadames is odd
Correspondence
#Tamajeq :
- zǝgrǝt
- tǝzǝgrǝt
#Tarifit :
- azegrar
- tuzegret
#Tachelhit :
- iɣzif
- tiɣzi
#Tetserret :
- izzuf
- tezzi
Meaning :
- be long, large..
- height, length..
Correspondence
#Tamajeq : Anwar
#Tetserret : Agawšal
Meaning : Kind of milk bag
All these words have cognat in other Amazigh languages :
#Tamazight : Tagnart
#Tachelhit : Tageššult
Correspondances
Meaning : little / young
Root : MḌRY
#Ghadames meḍri
#Tamajeq : mǝḍriy
#Tamacheq : mǝḍriy
Root : MẒY
#Tachelhit : imẓi
#Taqbaylit : imẓi
#Tarifit : meẓẓey
#Tetserret : moẓẓǝk
#Zenaga : maẓẓug
Correspondance
Meaning : animal that died without being slaughtered, so it's forbidden to eat its meat,, corpse
#Tamajeq : amaxsay
#Tetserret : ǝmǝḍrǝš
#Tachelhit : miḍrus
It's seems the tamajeq word is related to pan-amazigh word Texse/Tixsi (goat, sheep...)
Correspondance
Meaning : Locust
#Tamajeq : Ažwal
#Tamacheq : Ašwal
#Tetserret : Tǝmaṛi
#Tadaksahak : Tamaṛi
#Tachelhit : Tamuɣri
Amazigh words for 'to Swear'
> Root : *βḍ
#Ghadames : abǝḍ
#Awjila : avǝṭ
#Tamajeq : ǝhǝḍ
> Root : *gl
#Kabyle: ggall
#Tachelhit : ggall
#Atlas_tamazight : ggall
#Tarifit : ǧǧal, žžaǧǧ
#Wargla : žžall
#Tetserret : ezzǝl
#Zenaga : azziy
Amazigh word for 'Love'
#Ghadames :
Taberi
#Tachelhit :
Tayri
#Tamacheq :
Tarha
A dilemma here!
Ghadames and Tachelhit suggest a root *BR in proto-amazigh while tamajeq suggest *RB
Correspondance :
Question : Why ?
#Tamajeq : Mafel
#Zenaga : Takaf
#Tachelhit : Maf
#Tetserret : Madaf
Amazigh words
Sens : mortier, mortar
#Tamajeq : tende
#Tamazight_atlas : aferdu
#Tachelhit : taferdut
#Zenaga : affurdi
#Tetserret : oford
A painting from the central Sahara depicting a chariot chasing an ostrich © Yves et Catherine Gauthier
Amazigh words:
Names of the ostrich
#Tamajeq: Adǝɣdǝɣu, Anhil
#Tachelhit: Asid
#Tetserret: Ašiyed