Anelmad

Kabyle ⇄ English dictionary

Language

sew

amyag · verb

forms yeswa, yeswan, isew, yettes, tissit

drink

  • yeswa aman

    he drank water

  • swiγ-d deg tala

    I got a drink from the water fountain

(drink) alcohol

  • itess ccṛab

    he drinks wine

  • yewwi-d tissit

    he bought / brought alcohol

smoke

  • itess duxxan

    he smokes / he's a smoker

Expressions

  • (timseԑreqt) d amellal am yizimer, itess aman am uzger

    (riddle) It's as white as snow, and it drinks water like a fish (lit. "as white as a lamb, drinks water like an ox")

  • yeswa deg imi n jeddi-s

    he talks and acts like his grandfather (lit. he drank from his grandfather's mouth)

ssew

amyag · verb

forms yessew, yessewway, yesswen, aseswi

give somebody a drink / to drink

  • ssew-as ayefki

    feed him milk

to water

  • ssew tibḥirt-ik

    water your garden

tissit

isem · noun

act of drinking

  • d tissit i itess

    he's drinking

alcohol

  • tewwet-it γef tissit

    he drinks a lot / he's an alcoholic