"ⵎⴰⵢ" meaning in Central Atlas Tamazight

See ⵎⴰⵢ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /maj/, [mæ̝j] [Ayt-Ndhir] Forms: may [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Berber *m-ay, from Proto-Afroasiatic *m-. By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”). Etymology templates: {{inh|tzm|ber-pro|*m-ay}} Proto-Berber *m-ay, {{der|tzm|afa-pro|*m-}} Proto-Afroasiatic *m-, {{surf|tzm|ⵎ-|ⴰⵢ|t1=interrogative prefix|t2=that}} By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”) Head templates: {{tzm-pronoun|m|g2=f}} ⵎⴰⵢ • (may) m or f
  1. what? Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-ⵎⴰⵢ-tzm-pron-LMmlmuFO
  2. who? Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-ⵎⴰⵢ-tzm-pron-HYF20Xk1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ⵎⵉⵎⴽ (mimk), ⵎⵉⵍⵎⵉ (milmi), ⵎⴰⵏⵜⵓⵔ (mantur), ⵎⴰⵏⵉ (mani)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "ber-pro",
        "3": "*m-ay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Berber *m-ay",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*m-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *m-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "ⵎ-",
        "3": "ⴰⵢ",
        "t1": "interrogative prefix",
        "t2": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Berber *m-ay, from Proto-Afroasiatic *m-. By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "may",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ⵎⴰⵢ • (may) m or f",
      "name": "tzm-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
  "lang_code": "tzm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mimk",
      "word": "ⵎⵉⵎⴽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "milmi",
      "word": "ⵎⵉⵍⵎⵉ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mantur",
      "word": "ⵎⴰⵏⵜⵓⵔ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mani",
      "word": "ⵎⴰⵏⵉ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ⵎⴰⵢ-tzm-pron-LMmlmuFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ⵎⴰⵢ-tzm-pron-HYF20Xk1",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæ̝j]",
      "tags": [
        "Ayt-Ndhir"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ⵎⴰⵢ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "ber-pro",
        "3": "*m-ay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Berber *m-ay",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*m-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *m-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tzm",
        "2": "ⵎ-",
        "3": "ⴰⵢ",
        "t1": "interrogative prefix",
        "t2": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Berber *m-ay, from Proto-Afroasiatic *m-. By surface analysis, ⵎ- (m-, “interrogative prefix”) + ⴰⵢ (ay, “that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "may",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ⵎⴰⵢ • (may) m or f",
      "name": "tzm-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
  "lang_code": "tzm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mimk",
      "word": "ⵎⵉⵎⴽ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "milmi",
      "word": "ⵎⵉⵍⵎⵉ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mantur",
      "word": "ⵎⴰⵏⵜⵓⵔ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mani",
      "word": "ⵎⴰⵏⵉ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "who?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæ̝j]",
      "tags": [
        "Ayt-Ndhir"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ⵎⴰⵢ"
}

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