Maarten Kossmann
@maartenkossmann.bsky.social
Berber linguistics // linguistique amazighe // ⵜⵎⵓⵙⵏⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Universiteit Leiden
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Same in most of Moroccan Arabic. Colin makes a difference between šta ‘rain’ and šetwa ‘winter’ which I find a bit suspect. Harrell has iyyam l-berd for ‘winter’. I vaguely recall mešta for ‘winter’, but I avoid talking about such terrible things in any language, so I am not in any way sure 😁
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Same in most of Moroccan Arabic. Colin makes a difference between šta ‘rain’ and šetwa ‘winter’ which I find a bit suspect. Harrell has iyyam l-berd for ‘winter’. I vaguely recall mešta for ‘winter’, but I avoid talking about such terrible things in any language, so I am not in any way sure 😁
en "dat raadt je de koekoek"
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
en "dat raadt je de koekoek"
vgl. Nederlands "dat haal je de koekoek"
onzetaal.nl/schatkamer/l...
onzetaal.nl/schatkamer/l...
Waar komt de uitdrukking ‘Dat haal je de koekoek’ vandaan?
Genootschap Onze Taal.
onzetaal.nl
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
vgl. Nederlands "dat haal je de koekoek"
onzetaal.nl/schatkamer/l...
onzetaal.nl/schatkamer/l...
sieht auch ein bisschen aus wie Moulin Rouge
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
sieht auch ein bisschen aus wie Moulin Rouge
Is this a message from the future?
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Is this a message from the future?
Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
I guess !
In any case there are other boat engravings in southern Libya.
Like this one in this photo taken by Jean-Loic Quellec in Messak region
In any case there are other boat engravings in southern Libya.
Like this one in this photo taken by Jean-Loic Quellec in Messak region
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I guess !
In any case there are other boat engravings in southern Libya.
Like this one in this photo taken by Jean-Loic Quellec in Messak region
In any case there are other boat engravings in southern Libya.
Like this one in this photo taken by Jean-Loic Quellec in Messak region
It has been suggested by Gouffé, but, indeed, hard to show because of the sound symbolism. Cats probably entered the region from the north, so a Berber origin is not unthinkable. The Berber term itself presents quite some complications to a reconstruction too
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It has been suggested by Gouffé, but, indeed, hard to show because of the sound symbolism. Cats probably entered the region from the north, so a Berber origin is not unthinkable. The Berber term itself presents quite some complications to a reconstruction too
NadorcTarifiyt amecnaw would work even better 😁
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NadorcTarifiyt amecnaw would work even better 😁
Custom-made for my grandfather’s grandfather 😁
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Custom-made for my grandfather’s grandfather 😁
oh, interesting. Never heard that as far as I am aware
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
oh, interesting. Never heard that as far as I am aware
k' for fortis?
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
k' for fortis?
is that a boat?
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
is that a boat?
Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
Permissible (I can't remember but I think this was in Mleiha, Sharjah)
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Permissible (I can't remember but I think this was in Mleiha, Sharjah)
although I am not sure about كوستيم
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
although I am not sure about كوستيم
Not from Libyan Arabic or Amazigh as far as I know 🤷
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Not from Libyan Arabic or Amazigh as far as I know 🤷