ikmz

Tashelhit

ايكمز

Alternative forms

• ikʷmz, akmz, kʷmz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tarifit imez and Zenaga əgməž. Synchronically, from kmz (“to scratch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikmz/, /ikʷmz/

Noun

ikmz m (plural ikʷmzan or ikmzn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴽⵎⵣ, Arabic spelling ايكمز)

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Inflection

Inflection of ikmz

	singular	plural
free state	ikmz	ikʷmzan, ikmzn
annexed state	ikmz, yikmz	ikʷmzan, ikmzn

See also

• afus (“hand”)
• aḍaḍ (“finger”)

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