Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/te-βăyne

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 Egyptian bnr.

Noun

*te-βăyne f

1. date (fruit)

Descendants

• Ghadames: aβéna
• Kabyle: tini
• Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵢⵏⵉ (tiyni)
• Tamasheq: téhăyné
• Tamahaq: teyne
• Tarifit: tiyni

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2013) The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN