ameysa

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• amiysa, amisa
• ameksa, amecta
• amektaw, amectaw, ameyctaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-m-ăksaʔ. Cognate with Tashelhit amksa.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛ.mə̝j.sɛ]
• Syllabification: a‧mey‧sa
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

ameysa m (plural imeysawen, feminine equivalent tameysawt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵢⵙⴰ)

1. shepherd

   Synonym: aniči

2. (by extension) employee, servant, attendant

Inflection

Inflection of ameysa

	singular	plural
free state	ameysa	imeysawen
annexed state	umeysa	imeysawen

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)