Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/ulβ

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *libb- and Egyptian jb.[1]

Noun

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*ulβ m (construct form *w-ulβ, plural *ulβ-aw-ăn)

  1. heart

Descendants

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  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵍ (ul)
  • Kabyle: ul
  • Tuareg: ul

References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
  • 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, pages 273, 291, 296
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