Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/a-fuʔs

This Proto-Berber entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Berber

Noun

*a-fuʔs m

1. hand

Descendants

• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus)
• Tashelhit: ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus)
• Kabyle: afus
• Tarifit: fus
• Tuareg: ăfus
• Zenaga: ävuʔš

From a metathesized form *aʔfus:

• Ghadames: ófǝss
• Nefusa: ufəs

References

• van Putten, Marijn (2019) “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica, Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN