ⴰⵍⵢ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, compare Hebrew עָלָה (ʕālā, “to ascend, rise, go up”), Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya, “to be high, exalted”), عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”), Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”), Tarifit aři (“to climb, ascend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alj/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [æli̞(j)]

Verb

ⴰⵍⵢ • (aly)

1. to climb
2. to go up

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 31