tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post116169639798537983..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: rka and yya: from Arabic to Berber, or Berber to Arabic?Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1162105053113971992006-10-29T07:57:00.000+01:002006-10-29T07:57:00.000+01:00While I can't be of direct help in Berber, for wha...While I can't be of direct help in Berber, for what it's worth, Egyptian for 'come' is <I>iyy</I>, so I suspect it may be a common Afro-Asiatic root or an Egyptian/Berber influence rather than Arabic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1161908387425783482006-10-27T02:19:00.000+02:002006-10-27T02:19:00.000+02:00So nooone actually responded to your query? Shame ...So nooone actually responded to your query? Shame on you, people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1161904467656366162006-10-27T01:14:00.000+02:002006-10-27T01:14:00.000+02:00True - and Maltese too turns out to have ejja. I'...True - and Maltese too turns out to have ejja. I've concluded that it's an Arabic word, but I'm still checking some of the details - I'll provide an update eventually...Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1161718867130576922006-10-24T21:41:00.000+02:002006-10-24T21:41:00.000+02:00dropping the h would be irregular, but there are o...<I>dropping the h would be irregular, but there are other examples</I><BR/>There are a few Maghribi dialects that drop [h], most prominantly Tunisian Jewish dialects. Maltese does so, too. Could be an interdialectal borrowing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com