tifiyyi

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === tifiyya, tifyyi, tifiyi, tifyya === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تِفِيّا (tifiyya, “meat,flesh”), from Proto-Berber *te-făʔy-e (“meat, flesh”), from earlier *tā-faʔy-ay, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?] (“meat,flesh”). Compare Zenaga tfiʔžžih (“meat, flesh”), Tetserret tifey (“meat”), Egyptian jf (“flesh, meat”), and Iraqw fuʔuni (“meat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tifijːi/ === Noun === tifiyyi f (construct state tfiyyi, plural tifiyyiw, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵢⵢⵉ, Arabic spelling تيفييّي) meat, flesh Synonym: aksum تستل تفييّي اد كيلو. ― tstl tfiyyi ad kilu. ― this meat weighs a kilo. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵢⵉ (tifiyi, “meat, flesh”) === 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 2649b