Anelmad

Kabyle ⇄ English dictionary

Language

ṭṭes

amyag · verb

forms yeṭṭes, yeṭṭsen, yeṭṭis, iḍessyn. gen nuddem

sleep

  • teṭṭes teqcict

    the girl is sleeping / the girl is asleep

  • yeṭṭes?

    is he asleep?

Expressions

  • yeṭṭes-as γef weḍṛef

    he's bothering him / he's getting in the way (lit. he slept in a furrow)

  • ṭṭes ar azal, sseԑd-ik mazal (ur γesseb ara)

    don't rush (lit. sleep until noon, your luck is yet to come)

  • ṭṭes ṭṭes mazal lḥal / mačči d kečč i d-iṣaḥ wawal (asefru n Lewnis Nat Mengellat)

    Sleep on, sleep on, the hour has not yet come / it's not yet your turn to speak (Poem by Lounis Ait Menguellet)

iḍes

isem · noun

sleep

  • yewwit yiḍes

    he fell asleep

  • yeγleb-itt yiḍes

    she's very sleepy

Expression

  • ers-d ers-d a yiḍes, llufan yebγa ad yeṭṭes (acewwiq)

    come, come, O sleep, the baby wants to sleep (lullaby)