ⴽⴽⵓⵥ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Central Atlas Tamazight numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ⴽⴽⵓⵥ (kkuẓ)     Arabic-derived cardinal: ⵔⴱⵄⴰ (rbɛa)

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *βăkkuẓ. Possibly cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ-, with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kkuzˤ/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [cːʊ̙̞zˤ]

Numeral

ⴽⴽⵓⵥ • (kkuẓ) m

1. four

Derived terms

• ⴰⴽⵓⵥⴷⵉⵙ (akuẓdis, “quadrilateral”)

References

• Bellahsene, Linda, Hameg, Nadia (2009) “Central Atlas Tamazight numeral system”, in Université Paris 4, CNRS, editor, Numeral Systems of the World's Languages‎^[1], Paris, France