amksa

Tashelhit

يان ومكسا

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *m-

Proto-Berber *a-m-

Proto-Berber *ăksəʔ

Proto-Berber *a-m-ăksaʔ

Medieval Tashelhit اَمْكْسَا (ameksa)

Tashelhit amksa

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَمْكْسَا (ameksa), from Proto-Berber *a-m-ăksaʔ (“shepherd”). By surface analysis, am- (agent noun prefix) +‎ ks (“to herd, to graze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amksa/

Noun

amksa m (plural imksawn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴽⵙⴰ, Arabic spelling آمكسا)

1. shepherd, herdsman

Inflection

Inflection of amksa

	singular	plural
free state	amksa	imksawn
annexed state	umksa	imksawn

See also

• agʷdal (“reserved pasture”)
• asksa (“meadow”)
• aydi (“dog”)
• izimmr (“sheep”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 281b