Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/a-fuʔs

This Proto-Berber entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Berber

Noun

*a-fuʔs m

hand

Descendants

Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus)
Tashelhit: ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus)
Kabyle: afus
Tarifit: fus
Tuareg: ăfus
Zenaga: ävuʔš

From a metathesized form *aʔfus:

Ghadames: ófǝss
Nefusa: ufəs

References

van Putten, Marijn (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica, Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN