Reconstruction:Punic/𐤕𐤐𐤇
Punic edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ, “apple”).
Pronunciation edit
- (6th BCE Punic): IPA(key): /tʰappuːħ/
- (2th BCE Late Punic): IPA(key): /tʰappyːħ/
- (2th CE Neo-Punic): IPA(key): /θaffy/
Noun edit
*𐤕𐤐𐤇 (*tpḥ /tappūḥ/) m
Descendants edit
- → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴷⴼⴼⵓⵢⵜ (tadffuyt)
- → Nefusa: dəffu, wherein Djerba aḏfu
- → Tachawit: aḏfu
References edit
- Blench, Roger (2018) “Relating linguistic reconstructions of plant names in Berber to the archaeobotany of North Africa”, in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports[1], volume 38, number 103009, published 2021, , Table 15, page 12
- Meouak, Mohamed (2015) La langue berbère au Maghreb médiéval: Textes, contextes, analyses (Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib; 8)[2] (in French), Leiden: Brill, published 2015, →ISBN, page 292