touiza

English edit

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Tweeza

Alternative forms edit

tweeza, tiwiza, tiwizi, twiza, tawiza

Etymology edit

From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle [Term?] (variously given as iwiss or aws, “to help”), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.^[1]

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Noun edit

touiza (uncountable)

(ethnography) A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.

References edit

^ Cécile Perret (2014) “Viable territorial development in Kabylia: A social capital approach”, in Notes de Recherche‎^[1]: “Tiwizi is an Amazigh (Berber) feminine word which comes from the verb iwiss (to help).”

[1] Cécile Perret (2014) “Viable territorial development in Kabylia: A social capital approach”, in Notes de Recherche‎^[1]: “Tiwizi is an Amazigh (Berber) feminine word which comes from the verb iwiss (to help).”

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