- ببوش, 'snail' from babōsus and فلوس, 'chick' from
pullus through Berber afullus.
Maghrebi Arabic speakers frequently borrow words from
French (in Morocco...
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Central East-Central
Eastern Cat
amcic amcic mucc
miccew mucc
Chick asiwsiw,
afullus afiǧus, fiǧus fiǧus iceḵʷcew,
icewcew iceḵʷcew,
icewcew Ram abeɛɛac abeɛɛac...
- u (instead of e, o) as in Sardinian. For example,
pullus ("chicken") >
afullus,
cicer ("chickpea") > i-kīkər,
pirus ("pear tree") > ti-firest. However...
-
amuslm "Muslim" →
tamuslmt "Muslima" ikni "twin boy" →
tiknit "twin girl"
afullus "****, rooster" →
tafullust "hen" izm "lion" →
tizmt "lioness" udad "moufflon"...
