tilkit

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• tillict, tillct

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“louse”).

Cognate with Ghomara tilket (“louse”), Kabyle tilkit, tillict (“louse”), Tarifit ticcit (“louse”), Senhaja de Srair irket, ṯilk(k)iṯ (“louse”), Tunisian Berber tilšit (“louse”), Ghadames tallǝkt (“louse”), Nefusa tilšit (“louse”), Northern Saharan Berber tillit (“louse”), Tachawit tillegt (“louse”), Awjila twəllìkt (“louse”), Zenaga tilləkt (“louse”), Tamahaq tillik (“louse”), Ghat čillik (“louse”), Tawellemmet šillék (“louse”), and Tayert tyëllék (“louse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tilkit/

Noun

tilkit f (plural tilkin, masculine equivalent ilkic, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵍⴽⵉⵜ, Arabic spelling تيلكيت)

1. louse

   ايرچازن يغ اسن لّانت تيلكين غ وشكوك غ وقلّال، آر سچورّومن اقلّال كولشي.

   irgazn iġ asn llant tilkin ġ uškuk ġ uqllal, ar sgurrumn aqllal kullši.

   When men have lice in their head hair, they shave their heads.

Derived terms

• ssuq n tilkin (“nape”)
• talat n tilkin (“nape”)
• tilkit n islman (“fish louse”)
• tilkit n lbḥṛ (“sea louse”)
• tilkit n wuccn (“burdock seed”)

See also

• akal (“earth”)
• tabxxuyt (“insect”)
• tawkka (“worm”)

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 2683b