timssi

Tashelhit

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timsːi/

Noun

timssi f (construct state tmssi, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⵙⵙⵉ, Arabic spelling تيمسّي)

  1. (Mejjate) fire
    Synonyms: lɛfit, takat
    rwln iɛssasn ašku annin kul inukran trġa gisn tmssi.
    The guards fled because they saw the goats, all with fire on their horns.
  2. (Mejjate) light
    Synonym: tifawt

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timsːi/

Noun

timssi f (construct state tmssi, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⵙⵙⵉ, Arabic spelling تيمسّي)

  1. smallpox
    yut tassmi i ifrxan amar timssi. ― he vaccinated children against smallpox.
Derived terms
  • bu tmssi (“smallpox patient”)
  • gzi timssi (“to vaccinate against smallpox”)
  • tiḥbba n tmssi (“smallpox blisters”)

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2696a
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