Correspondence

"the one who shaves the hair"

#Tamajeq : waylaẓẓan inẓaḍan

#Tetserret : wad ǝlaṣṣǝn ǝnṣǝḍǝn

Tamajeq /ẓ/ = Tetserret /ṣ/

" to make soft "

#Tamajeq : issəlmaḍ

#Tamazight: issilwiɣ

#Tetserret : iššǝḷwa

#Zenaga : yažgaygam

Correspondence

Meaning : Softness

#Tamajeq : Tǝlmǝḍe

#Tamazight : Taluɣi

#Tetserret : Taḷwa

Correspondence

> i remember them

#Tamajeq : kittuwaqqan

#Tetserret : kottiyadən

> i remember it

#Tamajeq : kittuwaqqu

#Tetserret : kottiyad

Correspondence

#Tamajeq :
- tǝṇfa
- tǝkṃa

#Tadaksahak :
- tǝṇfa
- tǝkṃa

#Tetserret :
- aṇṇafa
- almaḍarra

Meaning:
- good, utility , usefulness
- harm, damage , hurt

Correspondence

"A small object entering the eye "

#Tamajeq : maslaɣ

#Tadaksahak : ameeḍar

#Tetserret : ameḍer

Correspondence

Meaning : i love , i want

#Ghadames : briɛ

#Tamasheq : arheɣ

#Tamajeq : areɣ

#Tamazight : riɣ

#Tetserret : arak

#Old-saharan : hrɣ ?

What happens with the plural of the word "name" in Western Amazigh languages ?

#Zenaga : i'šǝm , pl: assaṃṃun

#Tetserret : ešǝm , pl: ǝssǝmun

" The paper ripped "

#Tamajeq : təzzərat širot

#Tetserret : təfrok təkarḍast

Western Amazigh languages have some word that are very weird .

Like the word for " back "

#Zenaga : amarẓih

#Tetserret : marṣayən

In many Amazigh languages its aruru/aruri/aɛrur .

Correspondence

#Tamazight :

- yaksul = it's equal

- iksil = equality

- siksl = to make equal

#Tetserret :

- ikšal = it resembles

- tǝkšalt = resemblance

- šǝkšel = to make resemble

Correspondence :

> this personne

#Tamajeq : awedan-a

#Tetserret : afagan-ad

> this book

#Tamajeq : əlkəttab-a

#Tetserret : əliktab-ad

> this moment

#Tamajeq : amazay-a

#Tetserret : ogǝd-ad

" Difference "

#Tamasheq : aẓalay

#Tamajeq : aẓalay

#Tetserret : iṣli

" Resemblance "

#Tamasheq : milhaw

#Tamajeq : tulat

#Tetserret : təkšalt

* The word milhaw and tulat are from the same root LH

" i will bring you some water "

#Tamajeq : dakin awiyaɣ aman

#Tetserret : dakan owwǝk aman

" Fasting "

#Tamazight : uẓum

#Tamajeq : əẓum

#Tadaksahak : awṣum

#Tetserret : awṣəm

Correspondence

Meaning :
- self-love , passion
- self-control

#Tamajeq :

- tara n man

- iḍuf n man

#Tetserret :

- anara n iman

- uḍəf n iman

" He’s late or he stayed there for a long time "

#Tamajeq : iqqimin

#Tetserret : yaɛɛiman

Some Amazigh languages simultaneously use the root *ZNZ and *SƔ to mean both buying and selling.

While Tamajeq and Tetserret have chosen to use only one root and give it both meanings .

#Tamajeq:

- zanzaddu = buy

- zanzin = sell

#Tetserret:

- ašaddu = buy

- ašan = sell

The name of Tamajeq language

#Tagdal : Tamažaq

#Tadaksahak : Tamažaq

#Tetserret : Tamodəšt

The names of these languages in tamajeq :

- tagdalt ( Tagdal)

- tadawsahak ( Tadaksahak)

- šinṣar ( Tetserret)

Correspondence

#Tamajeq :

- təhult

- ahulaɣin

#Tadaksahak :

- tǝškǝnt

- aɣabšiškǝnan

#Tetserret :

- tǝškǝnt

- ǝšiškanǝkan

Meaning :
- Greeting
- I greet

Correspondence

Meaning : Fabric , cloth

#Tamajeq : tabdoq

#Tetserret : ǝlkoḍḍǝn

The Tetserret word is like a borrowing from the Arabic قطن

So about the tamajeq word ?

Correspondence

Meaning : Shirt

#Tamajeq : Təkaṭkaṭ

#Tetserret : Təkemest

The tetserret word has cognat in Tamahaq , Ghadames and Zenaga . But it's not used in Tamajeq dialect spoken by tetserret speakers (^_^;)

" i forgot "

#Tamajeq : ǝttuwaɣin

#Tadaksahak : aɣaddingan

#Tetserret : ǝɣladǝkan

" Friday "

#Tamajeq : ǝlgǝmǝt

#Tadaksahak : alžimɛan

#Tetserret : əlžimɛan

Borrowed from arabic

" It’s some women who came to us"

#Tamasheq :
Təḍeḍen tiyyaḍ hanaɣ dosanen

#Tamajeq :
Šiḍoḍen šiyyaḍ dana doṣanen

#Tetserret :
Tǝṣnagin ilinet dank dišǝnin

Correspondence

#Tamajeq :

- iẓoḍ

- šiẓaḍa

#Tetserret :

- iṣṣoḍ

- əṣṣəḍ

Meaning :
- To be good, sweet
- Being good , sweet

Correspondence

#Tamajeq :

- iẓun

- təẓunt

#Tetserret :

- iṣṣəwən

- təṣəwənt

Meaning :
- to share
- sharing

Correspondence

Meaning : a thought

#Tamajeq : Ameḍran

#Tetserret : Anəzgəm

* The word Anazgom /Anazjum is attested in Tamajeq and is mainly used in the Sh dialects, while in the J dialect spoken by Tetserret speakers, Ameḍran is more common .

“ The supports of the traditional bed ”

#Tamajeq : šitənguren

#Tetserret : tǝḥaḍraten