amucc

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === mucc, amucca === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit امُشَّ, امُشّ (amušša, amušš, “cat, tomcat”), possibly from Proto-Berber. Further etymology uncertain. Perhaps ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the sound made to get a cat's attention. Compare Hijazi Arabic بسة (bissa). Likely unrelated to cc (“to eat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amuʃː/ === Noun === amucc m (plural imuccawn, feminine equivalent tamuccut, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⵛⵛ, Arabic spelling آموشّ) cat, tomcat Synonym: (obsolete) ayaḍus ==== Inflection ==== === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 313a Kossmann, M. G. (1999). Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère. Germany: Köppe, page: 223,224