unfus

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === anfus === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اُنْڢُسْ (unfus, “breath”), ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, life”), either via Arabic نَفْس (nafs) or another Semitic source. Possibly a doublet of asunfu (“rest”). Cognate with Zenaga unfuš (“breath”), Tamahaq unfus (“respiration”), Tamasheq unfas (“breath”), and Tawellemmet infas (“respiration, life”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /unfus/ === Noun === unfus m (plural unfusn, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵏⴼⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling اونفوس) breath, respiration لّيغ ف وونفوس يڭرّان. ― llix f wunfus iggʷran. ― I was at my last breath. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 2874a