zyu

Senhaja de Srair

Root
z-l
1 term

Alternative forms

• zzyu
• zlu, zzlu (Zerqet)
• jju (Taghzut)

Etymology

From earlier zlu, inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zju/

Verb

zyu (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵢⵓ)

1. (transitive) to butcher, to slaughter

   Synonyms: ṭiyyer (Ketama, Taghzut, Zerqet), sferfer (Zerqet), wezzeɛ (Hmed)

Related terms

• (verbal noun) azyu (“butchering, slaughter”)
• (causative) ssezyu (“to make butcher, to make slaughter”)
• (passive) ttezyu (“to be butchered, to be slaughtered”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎, retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎, Paris, France: HAL