Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/te-βăyne

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

Etymology

From Egyptian bnr.

Noun

*te-βăyne f

date (fruit)

Descendants

Ghadames: aβéna
Kabyle: tini
Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵢⵏⵉ (tiyni)
Tamasheq: téhăyné
Tahaggart Tamahaq: teyne

References

Kossmann, Maarten (2013) The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, ISSN 0081-8461.