16. Human body
Head, hands, eyes, heart.
Body parts appear in many Kabyle idioms.
16.1. The head
| Kabyle | English |
|---|---|
aqerru | head |
allen | eyes |
imi | mouth |
ameẓẓuɣ | ear |
anzaren | nose |
16.2. The body
| Kabyle | English |
|---|---|
afus | hand |
aḍar | foot |
ul | heart |
iɣes | bone |
tafekka | body |
16.3. Examples
Practice
60 sentences · 1,002 matchesSliɣ-as imi t-id-yenna iḍelli.
Yefka afus deg wayetma-s.
Yeɣli mmi deg ul-iw.
Ferḥeɣ imi tellam da.
Allen-is ččurent-d d imeṭṭi.
Neṭṭef tanila n wenẓul.
Yejreh tasa-w s tideţ.
Iḍes ma iḍul isseεyaw.
Aḍar iteddu s aẓar.
Tom ijebbeṛ afus-is azelmaḍ.
Luẓeɣ imi ddiɣ aṭas.
Qqen allen-ik ad twaliḍ.
Ur terrim ara aḍar.
Aɣbel imi tebεed mliḥ.
Yegzem afus-is s lmus.
Nesra afus n tallelt.
Ul-iw yekkat s ddfeq.
Yettargu umedyaz, allen-is ldint.
Ur tḍul ara tadfi.
Anwa i yewwten afus?
Anta i yewwten afus?
Faqeɣ belli uḥwaǧeɣ afus.
Ur tettuɣ ara allen-nni-ines.
Tmuqel-iyi-d allen deg allen.
Kkes rreḥma seg ul-ik!
Nfu tamella seg ul-ik!
Yerfed-d afus-is s sslam.
Sɛant allen d tizegzawin.
D asḥissef imi msebran.
Ur ferren ara anzaren-ik!
Yerfed allen-is s igenni.
Sers afus-ik ɣef tayet-iw.
Sers afus-im ɣef tayet-iw.
Tom icemmeṛ ɣef yiɣallen-is.
Tesbeɣ aqerru-s s uwraɣ.
Tleḥḥum afus deg ufus?
Taẓuri tḍul, tudert wezzilet.
Kkes afus-ik ɣef yelli!
Ul-is irennu deg tyita.
Anef ad ḍebbreɣ aqerru-iw.
Ulac ul ara yezhun.
Ulac rreḥma deg ul-is.
Iɣumm aqerru-s s yifassen-is.
Tamurt-inu tezga deg ul-iw.
Allen-ik jebbdent am ddkir.
Allen-im jebbdent am ddkir.
Ur tteqqen ara allen-ik.
Ur tteqqen ara allen-im.
Sḥassfeɣ imi d-εeyyḍeɣ fell-ak.
Teḍliḍ ketchup deg imi-k.
Marie allen-is d tizegzawin.
Bɣiɣ ad am-greɣ iɣallen.
Tessuder aqerru-s ɣef yedmaren-is.
Tafriqt n Wneẓul tebεed.
Ṭṭef kan imi-m tesmeḥseḍ!
Yexser imi t-xuṣṣen yedrimen.
Serseɣ afus-iw ɣef tayet-is.
Ul yenneɣnan rnu-yas tumert.
Ur leddi ara imi-k!
Ur leddi ara imi-m!
Practice exercises
1. How do you say 'hand'?
2. What does 'allen' mean?