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Central Atlas Tamazight
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هز (hazz), from Arabic هَزَّ (hazza).
Pronunciation
Verb
ⵀⵣⵣⴰ • (hzza)
- to hold up
- (of a liquid) to cause to float
ⵢⵀⵣⵣⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵢⴰⴷ- yhzza aman ayad
- This floats on water.
- (literally, “Water causes this to float.”)
Usage notes
There is not word in Central Atlas Tamazight for “to float”. Instead, this is expressed using the said verb, with the liquid as subject.
References
- Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1), Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 103