Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/iləs

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *lis- (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-, Egyptian ns and Hausa harshè.

Noun

*iləs m (construct form *y-iləs, plural *il(ə)s-aw-ăn)

1. tongue

Descendants

• West Moroccan:
  • South and Mid-Atlas Moroccan:
    • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils), ⵉⵔⵙ (irs)
    • Tashelhit: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils)
• Kabyle: iles
• Zenati:
  • Moroccan:
    • Tarifit: iřes, iles
  • Northern Saharan Berber: ilǝs
• Tuareg: iləs
  • Tamahaq: ilǝs
  • Tamasheq: ilǝs
• Ghadames and Nefusa:
  • Ghadames: eləs
• Awjila: íləs

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, page 291