touiza
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English
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Etymology
From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle (variously given as iwiss or aws, “to help”), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.[1]
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Noun
touiza (uncountable)
- (ethnography) A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.
References
- ^ Cécile Perret (2014) “Viable territorial development in Kabylia: A social capital approach”, in Notes de Recherche: “Tiwizi is an Amazigh (Berber) feminine word which comes from the verb iwiss (to help).”