tamiwt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• tamawt, timiwt, timist

Etymology

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Cognate with Ghadames tǝmmi (“eyebrow”), Kabyle timmi (“eyebrow”), Northern Saharan Berber tammi (“eyebrow”), and Awjila màgi (“eyebrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamiwt/

Noun

tamiwt f (plural timiwa, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵉⵡⵜ, Arabic spelling تاميوت)

1. eyebrow

   تينزرت ا تگا يميكّ! تاميوت نس توف اقنضار.

   tinzrt a tga imikk! tamiwt ns tuf aqnḍar.

   and that nose is so small! no treasure is worth her eyebrow (lit. her eyebrow is worth more than a hundredweight).

Inflection

Inflection of tamiwt

	singular	plural
free state	tamiwt	timiwa
annexed state	tmiwt	tmiwa

See also

• argl (“eyelash”)
• tiṭṭ (“eye”)
• udm (“face”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2472b