The word for 'Donkey'
#Tamacheq : ešeḍ
#Tamajeq : ažaḍ
#Tagdal : farka
#Tadaksahak : farka
#Tetserret : aɛyil
Correspondence
Meaning : meeting, reunion
#Tamacheq : tamoqqast
#Tamajeq : əməṇi
#Tetserret : imṣǝr
The word əməṇi/imṣər mean literally 'seeing each other' like imẓri in northern Amazigh
Correspondence
Meaning : darkness
#Tamacheq : tihay
#Tamajeq : šiyay
#Tadaksahak : tallast
#Tetserret : tallast
Thz name of Jujube fruit
#Tamacheq : abaka
#Tamajeq : azəggar
#Tetserret : ažwar
#Tadaksahak : ažwar
#Tagdalt : ažwar
Correspondence
Meaning : Friend
#Tamajeq : amidi
#Tamacheq : amidi
#Tamaheq : amidi
#Tetserret : ǝmǝddǝkel
Apart in Tuareg the root DKL is the most used in other Amazigh languages to designate a friend even if the root DW ( > Amidi) is also pan-amazigh
The same words in
#Tamajeq :
aman
azni , pl: aznitan
awas , pl: iwassan
#Tamacheq :
aman
ašni , pl: išnitan
awas , pl: iwassan
Correspondence
Meaning : Life
#Tamajeq : təməddurt
#Tamacheq : tamudre
#Tadaksahak : tamudra
#Tetserret : tudərt
Many forms but all from the same root DR (to be alive) .
This name of Ox (kind of) is attested in many languages but only tamacheq has -s
#Tamacheq : Awdes
#Hassaniya : Awdaš
#Tadaksahak : Awdǝš
#Tetserret : Awdoš
Tamacheq often has H in words i don't expect , like here :
'to stop'
#Tamajeq : ǝrǝz
#Tamacheq : ǝrhaš
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
Correspondence
Meaning : i'm in a country that I like
#Tamacheq : aheɣ akal arheɣ
#Tetserret : ak ekel arak
With this example it's like that tetserret is an evolved form of tamacheq 😅
Correspondence
Meaning : darkness
#Tamacheq : tihay
#Tamajeq : šiyay
#Tetserret : tallast
Tallast/Tillas is the most common words for darkness is other Amazigh languages
The plural of ehan/in (tent, house)
#Tamacheq : ihanan
#Tamajeq : inan
#Zenaga : anan
#Tetserret : anan
I don't know what about tamahaq but if the name of the Tuaregs queen Tin-hinan mean 'she of tents' I wonder why it's -hinan and not -hanan 🤔
He is sitting in the house /tent
#Tamacheq : iqqima daɣ ehan
#Tamajeq : iqqim daɣ ehan
#Zenaga : ya'ma dagg in
#Tetserret : yaɛɛayim gud in
Nothing is between us
#Tamacheq : wǝr illa garenna wala
#Tetserret : wǝr illa igarank wala
Correspondence
Meaning : goodness, beauty
#Tamacheq : tihussay
#Tamajeq : šihuṣṣay
#Tetserret : ǝssaḥu
The word ǝssaḥu is sometimes used as a man name among the ibarkorayan .
Correspondence
Meaning : Back (body part)
#Tamacheq : arori
#Tamajeq : aruru
#Tadaksahak : aruuru
#Tetserret : marṣayǝn
#Zenaga : amarẓ̄ih
Correspondence
Meaning : To be complete, finished
#Tamacheq : imda
#Tamajeq : imda / inda
#Tetserret : imad
#Tadaksahak : yimad
Correspondence
Meaning : a comb
#Tamacheq: asaraytaj
#Tamajeq: ǝsagu
#Tetserret : tǝssǝk
* It's possible that ǝsagu and tǝssǝk are releted .
In Tadaksahak there is the verb 'yiska' (to comb ) which is clearly related to the tetserret 'tǝssǝk'
Correspondence
Meaning : Song
#Tamacheq : asahaɣ
#Tamajeq : aṣak
#Tagdalt : aṣǝk
#Tadaksahak : aṣṣak
#Tetserret : oṣak
'Cousin'
#Tamahaq : ababah
#Tamacheq ababaš
#Tamajeq : ǝbobaz
#Tetserret : ǝbobaz
#Tadaksahak : aboobaz
#Tagdalt : abbobaz
Amazigh word
Meaning : love
#Ghadames : Taberi
#Tachelhit : Tayri
#Tamacheq : Tarha
#Tamajeq : Tara
#Tetserret : Anara
Correspondence :
meaning : Color
#Tamacheq : ini
#Tamajeq : elam
The tamajeq word is likely from the word elam (skin) and it's probably a cognat of zenaga tagyumt/tagjumt which means also 'top layer of skin and color'
This shift can be explain by color diversity among domestic animals.
Correspondence
Meaning : Greeting
#Tamacheq : tǝhult
#Tamajeq : tǝhult
#Tetserret : tǝškǝnt
#Tadaksahak : tiškǝnt
Correspondence
Meaning : Moon
#Tamacheq : tallit, iyor, ewar
#Tamajeq : tallit
#Tetserret : ayar
#Tadaksahak : ayyar
Correspondence
Meaning : Forgiveness
#Tamacheq : Tenaše, asaruf
#Tamajeq : Tǝṣuṛeft
#Tetserret : Tǝṣuṛeft
#Tadaksahak : Taṣuṛeft
* The Tetserret and tadaksahak word is certainly a Loanword from Tamajeq
Correspondence
Meaning : Threads
#Tamacheq : tinǝlwa
#Tamajeq : šinǝlwa
#Tetserret : šigǝnan
#Tadaksahak : išignan
Correspondence
Meaning : Life
#Tamajeq : Tǝmǝddurt
#Tamacheq : Tamudre
#Tadaksahak : Tamudra
#Tetserret : Tudǝrt
* Tameddurt is attested in many other Amazigh languages (Nefusa, ghadames, Wargla, mzab, chaoui....)
And Tudert is attested in Tachelhit, Kabyle, Tamazight atlas .
Correspondence
Meaning : desease , fever
#Tamacheq : turhǝnna
#Tamajeq : tǝwǝrṇa
#Tetserret : tawažžaḍ
* The Tetserret one has cognat in zenaga (tawžžaḍ) and in korandje (tsawǝẓẓǝḍ)
'They look alike'
#Tamacheq : olahan
#Tamajeq : olan
#Tetserret : ǝkšalǝn