ⵎⵎⵜ
Central Atlas Tamazight
Etymology
From Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, kill”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *mawut-, whence, Arabic مَاتَ (māta), and mwt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mmt/
- (Ayt Ndhir) IPA(key): [məθ]
Verb
ⵎⵎⵜ • (mmt)
- to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of ⵎⵎⴻⵜ
| Perfective | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| 1 | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) | |||
| 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎ (temmutem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmutemt) | ||
| 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜ (immut) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (temmut) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (mmuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmutent) | |
| Negative perfective | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| 1 | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) | |||
| 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎ (temmutem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmutemt) | ||
| 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜ (immut) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (temmut) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (mmuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmutent) | |
| Intensive aorist | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| 1 | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵖ (ttmettateɣ) | ⵏⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (nettmettat) | |||
| 2 | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⴷ (tettmettated) | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎ (tettmettatem) | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (tettmettatemt) | ||
| 3 | ⵉⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ittmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⵓⵜ (ttmettatut) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵏ (ttmettaten) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵏⵜ (ttmettatent) | |
| Imperfective | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| 1 | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵖ (mmteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⴻⵜ (nemmet) | |||
| 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⴷ (temmted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎ (temmtem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmtemt) | ||
| 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⴻⵜ (immet) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⴻⵜ (temmet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵏ (mmten) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmtent) | |
| Imperative | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| ⵎⵎⴻⵜ (mmet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵜ (mmtet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎⵜ (mmtemt) | |||
| Intensive imperative | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵜ (ttmettatet) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (ttmettatemt) | |||
| Negative intensive imperative | Singular | Plural | |||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵜ (ttmettatet) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (ttmettatemt) | |||
| Perfective participle | Singular | Plural | |||
| ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (immuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⵏⵉⵏ (mmutnin) | ||||
References
- Penchoen, Thomas G., Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1), Los Angeles: Undena Publications, 1973, →ISBN, page 103