isk

See also: ISK, IS-K, isk-, and -isk

Translingual

Symbol

isk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ishkashimi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ishkashimi terms

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *isəḱ (“horn”).

Compare Tuareg isek (“horn”), Tarifit icc (“horn”), Ghadames aškaw (“horn”), Nefusa aššaw (“horn”), Siwi aččao (“horn”), Awjila išk (“horn”), Tetserret əsk (“horn”), and Zenaga tǝskäh (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isk/

Noun

isk m (construct state yisk, plural askiwn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⴽ, Arabic spelling ايسك)

1. horn

   izimmr ur a t zziwizn waskiwn nns.

   the goat is not bothered by its horns (i.e., one should not complain when one is responsible for one's own misfortunes)

2. peak (of a mountain)

   Synonyms: anfa, afa

Inflection

Inflection of isk

	singular	plural
free state	isk	askiwn
annexed state	yisk	waskiwn

Derived terms

• buwaskiwn (“a variety of dates”)
• isk n jbir (“ginger”)
• isk n lbaṛuḍ (“powder horn”)
• isk uzgr (“borage”)
• isk uɣrabbu (“prow of a boat”)

See also

• agayyu (“head”)
• azgr (“ox”)
• aɣaḍ (“goat”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1148b
• Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 248