tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post5021818448520231059..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: Update from TabelbalaLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-62312596311621099092007-12-09T17:06:00.000+01:002007-12-09T17:06:00.000+01:00I was also surprised to learn there were still Reg...I was also surprised to learn there were still Reguibat all the way up there. If you find the time to please a Western Sahara nerd like me, couldn't you ask around for some man-on-the-street opinions on the Sahara issue? Reguibat tribesmen form the hard core of Polisario, but who knows what those not in the Tindouf camps feel about the issue -- Algerian gov. tutelage hasn't always been gentle, I think, ... and elsewhere in Algeria, it doesn't seem to be a big issue at all. So it would be interesting to see how Algerian Reguibat have reacted to it, given all that.<BR/><BR/>Well, if you find the time. If not, nevermind.allehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512063156972531529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-89817850875071272422007-12-02T18:42:00.000+01:002007-12-02T18:42:00.000+01:00Ddhan = smen (arabic) = udi (tamazight) = ghee (en...<I>Ddhan</I> = <I>smen</I> (arabic) = <I>udi</I> (tamazight) = ghee (english) = as described by nix<BR/><BR/><I>Lidam</I> is not ghee ; it is animal fat (from common meat, bones, etc.) obtained after cooking and is therefore regarded as more nutritive than ghee. It is not a medicinal product (cholesterol !) In tamazight, this word has the same root (DM) as <I>ta<B>d</B>u<B>m</B>t</I> (also <I>tadunt</I>) which means fat (adipose tissue).<BR/><BR/>>>> the word is quite common in Berber (as it often is not), like adra for "mountain", they seem to use a different one (in this case, tawrirt). <BR/><BR/><I>Adrar</I> pl. <I>idurar</I> in tamazight is an important-looking mountain like Aures, Djurdjura, Atlas, Alps, Andes etc. whereas <I>awrir</I> pl. <I>iwriren</I> is a hill or a less impressive mountain and its feminine diminutive <I>tawrirt</I> is a hillock or a small hill. I guess the panorama in Tabelbala exhibits more <I>tiwririn</I> or à la rigueur <I>iwriren</I> than <I>idurar</I> !<BR/><BR/>>>> a particularly impressive example ... was `a-s-a`a-m-k-dri (1S-neg-prox.fut.-subj.-yet-go)<BR/><BR/>You what ? that's indeed very impressive ! Can anyone explain or redirect us somewhere on the web where we might understand ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-30332468103235489672007-11-30T07:17:00.000+01:002007-11-30T07:17:00.000+01:00I didn't realize that Hassaniya was spoken all the...I didn't realize that Hassaniya was spoken all the way out there... do the Rgaybat have a more Kwarandjie influenced (as opposed to Zenaga influenced) lexicon? The socio-linguistic hierarchy seems interesting there (especially the self-denigration of 'shelha' alongside relatively extensive vocabulary). Do the Rgaybat refer to them as 'ajmi - this is how Mauritanians refer to Tuaregs often (or even other beydhan who spend time with non-beydhan). I am curious about the use of this term in light of one of your previous posts, as well as my own inaugural post which touches on aljamiado (<'ajami, supposedly) writing.jdmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146279288214371713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-35808862934606612702007-11-25T20:54:00.000+01:002007-11-25T20:54:00.000+01:00I believe ghee (lidam = smen per here) is being co...I believe ghee (<I>lidam</I> = <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smen" REL="nofollow">smen</A> per <A HREF="http://www.souss.com/forum/espace-linguistique/382-mots-rares-162.html#post68038" REL="nofollow">here</A>) is being compared to (some sort of highly valued medicinal fat product), not glossed as it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-33456465492130196942007-11-25T12:41:00.000+01:002007-11-25T12:41:00.000+01:00Unless it's a different product, ghee is clarified...Unless it's a different product, ghee is clarified butter, made by heating the said butter and skimming off the solids. It is very common as a frying medium in Indian cooking.<BR/><BR/>Nowadays it is also available with a vegetable oil base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com