tayya

Tarifit

Etymology

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Noun

tayya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵢⴰ, plural tiyya or tiyiwin)

1. female slave
2. female servant
3. (dated, now offensive) a dark-skinned female, negress

Declension

	singular	plural
free state	tayya	—
construct state	tyya	—