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Proto-Berber *te-βădd-e 'height, stature'

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  • Western/Kabyle
    • Kb. tiddi
    • Tashl. tiddi
    • CMB tiddi
  • Zenatic
    • Rif tiddi
    • Fig. tiddi
    • Ouar. tiddi
  • Tuareg
    • Ah. téhəddé
    • WY téddé
    • Ghat čiddi
    • Mali tehădde
  • Southern
    • Zng. tīddih

Notes

A typical te-CăCC-e abstract verbal noun from the verb *ăβdəd'to stand'.

The *te- prefix instead of the more common *ta- is ultimately the result of a complex harmony that I have dubbed Mid-Vowel Harmony (Van Putten 2018; Van Putten 2016). At a Pre-Proto-Berber Stage this is probably to be reconstructed as *ta-βădd-e.

The feminine suffix *-e appears to be cognate to the Proto-Semitic feminine suffix *-ay (Van Putten 2018b).

References

Kossmann (1999: 97 {120}; {272})

Taine-Cheikh (2008: 530, n. 955)

NZ: D61


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