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English Pages [35] Year 2010
BERBER STUDIES VOLUME
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Karl-G. Prasse
Tuareg Elementary Course (Tahaggart)
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TUAREG-ENGLISH VOCABULARY
(ydbbdlldn/ybbdlldn/ytabdllan)
Alphabetically arranged according to r o o t consonants
bdhnkds
-Aa
(ybhnkds/ydbldnkds/ytibhnkis)
abhnkds/ibhnkisan
a ' s o m e t h i n g ' , e.g. ayolaydn
a yndy
' i t is m y
b r o t h e r [ t h a t ] he saw' ( l i t : ' m y b i g b r o t h e r is i t [ t h a t ] he saw')
' t h e r e is n o / n o m o r e ' ( + d i r . c o m p l ) ; dba-t ' t h e r e
is n o m o r e o f h i m / i t ' = 'he has disappeared'; & 'he has passed a w a y (died)'; aba ihedan abba/abbatdn
' t h e r e are n o ( m o r e ) d o n k e y s '
(a/-) m : f 'cross-cousin, s o n / d a u g h t e r o f a m a t e r n a l
u n c l e o r o f a p a t e r n a l a u n t ' ( c o n s i d e r e d t o be t h e i d e a l spouse), cf. tegahe, anna, abdda, abddah jbddd
wdldt-ma
'always' 'to
rise
to
one's
feet,
get
up;
stand/keep upright; stand still, stop' tebddde/tib&ddiwen
(td/t)
f. v n .
' r i s i n g t o one's feet,
standing;
height, stature' abdgo/ibga
abdnkw/ibdnkiwan
(a/-) m . i n f . ' f a l l i n g d o w n f u l l l e n g t h '
bahu/bahutdn
' t o i n t e n d ; t o be a b o u t t o / o n t h e p o i n t
o f (#)
'to cower, hide'
- bakat/ytabakat)
p a r t , baken/bdkatnen tdbbdkdt/tdbbdkdten
-
ab&lad/ibdlad&n ablal/iblaldn
' t o be s p e c k l e d / f l e c k e d ' , pi".
' t o shake f o r c l e a n i n g (+)'
f. PLN n a m e o f t h e t o w n o f T i m b u c t o o
borgdt (ybborgdt/ydbborgdt/ytibdrgut)
' t o be l i f t e d ' (o