Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| Almaan• | Germans |
| Almaanie• | Germany |
| Amerike• | USA, the Americas |
| Avril• | April |
| Breitanie• | Britain, UK |
| Croaatie• | Croatia |
| Desoomber• | December |
| Dzeeir• | Algeria |
| Espaanie• | Spain |
| Europpe• | Europe |
| Fivri• | February |
| Fraance• | France |
| Francis | French people |
| Hrise• | Harissa |
| Itaalie• | Italy |
| Jaanvi• | January |
| Juan• | June |
| Juilie• | July |
| Londre• | London |
| Loşaallah• | Hopefully, May God... |
| Maares• | March |
| Marrouc• | Morocco |
| Mağreb• | sunset, Morocco |
| Meei• | May |
| Norveej• | Norway, Norwegians |
| Novoomber• | November |
| Nşallah• | hopefully, May God.. |
| Octoober• | October |
| Out• | August |
| Portoğaal• | Portugal |
| Qartaaj• | Carthage |
| Qatar• | Qatar |
| Qobres• | Cyprus |
| Romđaan• | Ramadan |
| Septoomber• | September |
| Sueed• | Sweden, Swedes |
| Torkie• | Türkiye |
| Tounes• | Tunisia |
| Tounsi• | Tunisian |
| abyeđ• | white |
| akħel• | black |
| akŧer• | more |
| alf• | thousand |
| amaan• | please (dramatic), I beseech thee |
| anzaas• | pear (fruit) |
| arbĝe• | four |
| arbĝin• | forty |
| arđ• | earth, land |
| asfer• | yellow |
| azreq• | blue |
| aħad• | Sunday |
| aħmer• | red |
| aħne • | we |
| aꝁđer• | green |
| b• | with |
| b el fomm w el mlee• | boldly, firmly |
| b el gdee• | well, good enough |
| baanke• | bank |
| banaan• | banana |
| banc• | couch, sofa |
| bannec• | to lay lazily |
| bard• | the cold |
| barke• | bless, enough |
| barra• | Go! |
| barşe• | very, a lot, many |
| bataate• | potato |
| bebee• | baby |
| beeb• | door |
| beehi• | good, ok |
| beel• | mind |
| beered• | cold |
| beerek• | to bless, doing no work |
| bees• | to kiss |
| beesel• | unfunny, insufferable (character) |
| beeş• | with which/what, will, so that, because of which/what |
| belkoll• | never |
| bellaar• | glass |
| bent• | daughter of |
| berke• | pond, small lake |
| berrasmi• | for real, seriously |
| bescleet• | bicycle |
| bescui• | cookie, biscuit |
| bessif• | forcefully, strugglingly, hardly |
| bessleeme• | Goodbye |
| beíes• | to consolidate (denominations) |
| bieece• | piece, coin, item |
| blaake• | sign |
| bnëíe• | girl, daughter |
| bo• | father, that of, type of |
| bolicíe• | police |
| borgdeen• | orange (fruit) |
| bort• | port, harbor |
| bortmeen• | appartment |
| bounto• | point, grade, mark, one-upmanship |
| bouste• | postal office |
| bred• | to cool down |
| brek• | to sit doing no work |
| bsal• | onion |
| byd• | the very presence, to [noun]'s control |
| bzeq• | to spit |
| bërcous• | lamb, young sheep |
| bërke• | the act of sitting doing no work |
| bëşkouto• | cookie, biscuit |
| bĝeid• | far, remote |
| bħar• | sea, beach |
| caar• | bus |
| caarte• | card, Carta (Tunisian card game) |
| cafee• | café |
| cardoune• | carton |
| carhbe• | car |
| carni• | medium notebook |
| caíees• | road, street |
| caúeel• | Knight (Şkobbe) |
| citronaad• | lemonade |
| cojeine• | kitchen |
| cour• | lesson |
| couşe• | oven, bakery |
| creem• | cosmetic cream |
| creidi• | credit records |
| creime• | pudding, persimmon |
| cuaatro• | painting (household) |
| dacourdo• | alright |
| damm• | blood |
| debb• | bear |
| debbo• | warehouse |
| demonstraate• | to demonstrate |
| denye• | world, weather |
| diamont• | diamond |
| dime• | always |
| djeeje• | chicken, hen |
| dneíe• | lowness |
| donc• | so, therefore |
| doude• | worm |
| doussi• | file, folder |
| doꝁaan• | smoke, smoking, cigarettes (collective) |
| draa• | have knowlegde, possibly know |
| draj• | five minutes |
| droog• | drug |
| dëbbouze• | bottle |
| eeme• | but |
| eene• | I, which (construct) |
| eeş• | what (poetic to archaic) |
| eeꝁr• | last, other |
| ei• | yes |
| el• | the (construct form) |
| elli• | which, that |
| emmen• | to believe, to reckon, to trust |
| eneise• | (female) elementary teacher |
| enno• | that (clause) |
| enti• | you (singular) |
| entoume• | you (plural) |
| erbĝa• | Wednesday |
| esm• | name |
| europpi• | european |
| f• | in |
| faalso• | knockoff |
| faar• | to boil over, mouse |
| faasme• | band-aid |
| faaze• | trick |
| fakroun• | turtoise |
| farine• | flour, farina |
| farmet• | reboot (gadgets) |
| fees• | axe |
| feeş• | progressive tense marker |
| feeşke• | flask |
| fein• | where in |
| feişte• | national holiday |
| felse• | button (technology, garment) |
| felëmeen• | Goodbye |
| fibeel• | to [one]'s imagination, to [one]'s thinking |
| fles• | to go bankrupt |
| flouke• | ship, felucca |
| flouke• | boat, ship, felucca |
| flous• | money |
| fomm• | mouth |
| formaaj• | sophisticated -ish types of cheese |
| fouq• | above, up |
| fraaulo• | strawberry |
| franc• | millim, smallest amount of money, franc |
| freez• | strawberry |
| freit• | french fries |
| fëdd• | to be fed up |
| fëllous• | chick |
| gaaz• | cooker, cooking gas, gas (chemistry) |
| gadd• | to do, to carry out, to prepare |
| gajgje• | excessive undesired talking |
| gamre• | moon |
| garjoume• | throat, pharynx |
| gdem• | foot |
| geejjo• | plastic crate |
| geeuri• | european (less formal) |
| geirre• | War, WWII |
| gejmi• | unintelligible language |
| genneeríe• | artichoke |
| gezouz• | coke, soft drinks |
| glaas• | ice cream, glass |
| glass• | wardrobe |
| graviee• | gravel |
| gres• | to feel cold |
| gri• | gray |
| guerre• | Europeans |
| gzeez• | shattered or fragile glass |
| hakke• | like this, in this way |
| hakkeeke• | like that, in that way |
| heejr• | to emigrate |
| heeke• | that (ms.) |
| heeki• | that (fm.) |
| heekoume• | those |
| heeđe• | this (masculine) |
| heeđi• | this (feminine) |
| heeđoume• | these |
| heil• | cardamom |
| hendi• | prickly pear, indian |
| hjar• | to desert |
| hnee• | here |
| houme• | they |
| híe• | she |
| húe• | he |
| janne• | Heaven, paradise |
| jarde• | garden, park |
| jaú• | fun |
| jbal• | mountain |
| jbed• | pull, mention |
| jben• | cheese |
| jboneet• | cheeses |
| jee• | to come, to be realized, to sum up, to lie (location), to be realized |
| jelaat• | ice cream |
| jeld• | skin |
| jeljleen• | sesame |
| jemĝe• | Friday, a week |
| jnine• | garden |
| joujme• | issue causing headache |
| jraane• | frog |
| jzee• | to reward |
| k• | like |
| kalb• | dog |
| kallem• | to talk to someone |
| karme• | fig tree |
| karmous• | fig |
| kbeir• | big |
| kebde• | liver |
| keed• | to (at least) benifit, to find useful, to repurpose |
| keen• | to be, if, only |
| keen ĝle• | As for |
| kees• | cup, glass, mug |
| keeteb• | author |
| keeğt• | piece of paper |
| kelme• | word |
| kelwe• | kidney |
| kerş• | belly |
| keyenn• | lowkey |
| ki• | so if |
| kif• | like, so if, pleasure |
| kifeeş• | how |
| kifennek• | what's up with you? |
| kifkif• | likewise, same thing |
| kime• | as, just like, in the same way that |
| klee• | to eat, to comsume, to use up, to exhaust |
| koll• | every |
| konş• | small size notebook |
| korraase• | Standard size notebook |
| korsi | chair |
| kosksi• | Couscous |
| kounş• | except if, unless |
| kteb• | to write, to be destined |
| kteeb• | book, letter |
| ktobbe• | books |
| këlëtous• | Eucalyptus |
| l• | to, for |
| laac• | lake, lagoon, Lacs |
| lafĝe• | snake, deceptive or stealthy |
| lavaboo• | sink |
| lbarra• | outisde, abroad, overseas |
| lbeeraħ• | yesterday |
| le• | to avoid the fact that, fear of, or else, neither, nor |
| lebees• | fine, doing good |
| lee• | no, -less |
| leil• | night, nighttime |
| lfouq• | above |
| lkoll• | all |
| lleile• | tonight |
| lotaa• | floor, soil |
| loul• | the very first |
| loun• | color |
| louta• | underneath, beneath |
| lseen• | tongue |
| ltaꝁ• | smash violently |
| lyoum• | today |
| lħaa• | bark (tree) |
| m• | from, due to |
| maasso• | envelope |
| maast• | unsweet (food), heavy-blooded (character) |
| malyoun• | million |
| mass• | to suck |
| me• | not, that |
| me yjiş• | this is unacceptable! |
| mee• | water |
| meele• | so, therefore |
| meet• | to die |
| melyaar• | billion |
| melħ• | salt |
| memmi• | baby (child language) |
| men• | from, due to |
| menqle• | protractor |
| mestcouzi• | feeling internal peace or ecstasy, enjoying oneself, high |
| meĝde• | stomach |
| mleeyn• | millions |
| mneeş• | due to which/what |
| mnein• | where from |
| mojeira• | Queen (Şkobbe) |
| mongeele• | clock, watch |
| monqaar• | beak |
| moov• | mauve, purple |
| motour• | motorcycle, motor engine |
| mout• | death |
| mouş• | not, isn't it? |
| moꝁꝁ• | brain, mind |
| mra• | woman, wife |
| mreigl• | alright, ok, fixed |
| msattec• | pig-headed |
| mtar• | rain |
| mteeĝ• | of |
| myee• | hundred |
| myseelş• | it's ok, it's fine with me |
| mëĝdnous• | parsley |
| mĝe• | with |
| mħaarm• | veils |
| mħankel mdankel• | pitch black |
| mħarme• | veil |
| mşee• | to go, to walk, to work (gadgets) |
| naar• | fire, misfortune (idiomatic), Hell |
| naqqes• | decrease |
| naúaare• | flower |
| nbag• | buckthorn |
| nejjem• | can, to be able |
| nejme | star |
| nemmele• | ant |
| nhaar• | daytime |
| noumro• | number |
| nsee• | women |
| nten• | to stink |
| nħebbek• | I love you |
| omm• | mother, that of |
| oronjee• | orange (color) |
| osqfe• | roofs |
| oúl• | first |
| oꝁt• | sister |
| permi• | driving licence |
| preuv• | proof |
| proof• | professor |
| prouve• | to prove, proof |
| qaal (qel)• | to leave someone alone, to stop interacting with someone (humorous) |
| qaal (qol)• | to say, to tell |
| qaars• | lemon, sour, acidic, spoiled |
| qadd• | as much as |
| qaddeeş• | how much |
| qaddeeş tseelni• | how much do I owe you? |
| qahwe• | coffee, coffeehouse |
| qalb• | heart |
| qamle• | louse |
| qanfoud• | hedgehog |
| qass• | to (be) cut, to be off |
| qattous• | cat |
| qerfe• | cinnamon |
| qfel• | to shut |
| qfol• | buttons |
| qofle• | button (garment) |
| qraa• | to study, to read, to major |
| qras• | to pinch |
| qreib• | near, close, nigh, soon |
| qronfl• | clove |
| qtaanie• | popcorn |
| qtal• | to kill |
| qton• | cotton |
| qwi | strong, potent (food or drink) |
| qĝad• | to sit, to remain, to hold still |
| raa• | to see |
| raa-• | past condition marker, [PN] would've been better off... |
| raajl• | man, husband |
| raas• | head |
| rabbaĝ• | to be spring |
| radd• | to turn, to transform, to vomit, to close something leaving a small angle or opening |
| rakkeb• | to piece together, to do the first of cookings of a dish |
| raqbe• | neck |
| rass• | stuff |
| raí• | King (Şkobbe) |
| rbeiĝ• | spring |
| reigl• | to fix, to repair |
| reiħ• | wind |
| reiħe• | odor |
| rjeel• | men |
| rmal• | sand |
| rmeed• | ash |
| rokbe• | knee |
| rooz• | pink, rose |
| roufz• | to decline, to reject |
| rouz• | rice |
| rouħ• | self, soul |
| rozneeme• | calender |
| rzein• | heavy, demure, mature, well spoken |
| rzon• | to become heavy |
| ríe• | lung |
| sabb• | to verbally insult, to spill |
| sabĝe• | seven |
| sabĝin• | seventee |
| sakraan• | drunken |
| saúer• | to photograph, to photocopy, to take a picture, to print, to make (money) |
| sder• | chest, breast |
| sebt• | Saturday |
| secreito• | reticient, top secret |
| seel• | to be owed [to someone], to credit |
| seeq• | to drive, leg, foot |
| seiro• | syrup (medicine) |
| sekke• | railway |
| semm• | poison |
| senne• | tooth |
| sennein• | teeth |
| setta• | six |
| settin• | sixty |
| sfarjl• | quince |
| sfenneerie• | carrot |
| sfer• | zero |
| sif• | Summer or sword |
| skek• | railways |
| sken• | to reside, to live |
| skenjbeil• | Ginger |
| sker• | to get drunk |
| sleeme• | safety |
| smee• | sky, Heaven |
| smid• | semolina |
| snee• | year |
| snein• | years |
| sokker• | sugar |
| sonne• | sunnah |
| souri• | syrian, industrialized, processed, French |
| sqaf• | roof |
| ssnee• | this year |
| staake• | pig-headedness |
| star• | to protect, to cover, line |
| starjel• | to man up |
| stcouze• | to be in ecstasy |
| steehl• | to deserve |
| stħaqq• | to necessitate |
| sërdouk• | rooster |
| sğeir• | small, kid |
| sħeiħ• | correct |
| sħëëb• | clouds |
| sħëëbe• | cloud, umbrella |
| sꝁaane• | heat, fever |
| sꝁon• | to heat up |
| sꝁoun• | hot |
| taab• | to be ready (food) |
| taaq• | floor, level |
| taaule• | table |
| taaş• | spot |
| taboríe• | stool |
| tabrouri• | hail (weather) |
| tabĝe• | mud |
| taqs• | weather |
| tasuire• | picture, photo |
| taxisti• | taxi driver |
| taxistíe• | taxi drivers |
| taíeb• | cook (both literally and slang) |
| taú• | now |
| taúe• | now |
| taħt• | under |
| taşş• | splash |
| tee• | to happen (to something), to occur (to something) |
| teei• | tea |
| telhee• | to mind smth, to be occupied by smth, to look after smth |
| teliphoun• | phone |
| temşiş• | beware of..., don't forget to..., make sure not to... |
| teskre• | ticket |
| tesĝe• | nine |
| tesĝin• | ninety |
| tfol• | boy, child |
| ti• | heck, rather |
| tkallem• | to talk |
| tleeŧ• | Thursday |
| tleeŧe• | three |
| tleeŧin• | thirty |
| tmaatm• | tomato |
| toffeeħ• | apple |
| tofle• | girl, child |
| tozzeine• | a dozen |
| trass• | to be compressed |
| trassaatl-• | [PN] was coerced/compelled |
| trisiti• | electricity (informal) |
| tsaawr• | pictures, photos |
| tseeker• | tickets |
| tzeed• | to have had smth added, to increase more |
| variont• | pickled vegetables |
| violee• | purple, violet |
| vërfi• | verify |
| w• | and, but, whereas, while |
| waati• | low, despicable |
| waqt• | time |
| waqteeş• | when |
| waqtelli• | whereas, meanwhile, when |
| warde• | rose |
| warqe• | paper, leaf |
| weed• | valley, river |
| weeħd• | one |
| wein• | where |
| weld• | son of |
| wezz• | ducks |
| wled• | to birth, to give birth to live young |
| wlëd• | boy, son |
| wqaf• | to stand up, to stop, to halt |
| wtaa• | floor |
| wële• | or, unless, otherwise |
| wđen• | ear |
| yağort• | yogurt |
| ydein• | hands, arms |
| yedd• | hand, arm |
| yeesr• | too much |
| yeeꝁi• | question emphatic marker, "?" |
| yezzi• | enough! |
| ymein• | right (direction) |
| youm• | day (24h) |
| ysaar• | left (direction) |
| zanqe• | narrow street |
| zaĝrour• | hawthorn |
| zbar• | to pollard, to shred, to prune |
| zeed• | increase, add, [verb] more |
| zeede• | also |
| zeft• | asphalt |
| zeit• | oil |
| zeitoun• | olive |
| zeitoune• | olive tree |
| zhar• | orange blossom, luck |
| zouz• | a couple of, a pair of, two |
| ëmeen• | security |
| ënnes• | to have (smone) be with your accompany |
| đaú• | light, electricity, power |
| đbeeb• | fog |
| đebbeene• | fly |
| đemme• | protection, custody, care |
| đfor• | nail |
| đhar• | back |
| ĝaaun• | to help, to assist, to aid |
| ĝaaş• | to live, to reside |
| ĝallouş• | sheep (sg.) |
| ĝand• | at, to (a place), to have |
| ĝarbi• | Arab, Arabic, traditional, homemade, Tunisian |
| ĝaíeş• | to make [smone] live, to grant [long] life |
| ĝaíşek• | thank you |
| ĝađme• | egg |
| ĝađđ• | to bite |
| ĝaşre• | ten |
| ĝein• | eye, envy, desire (followed by fi) |
| ĝerq• | vein, root (flora) |
| ĝeşrin• | twenty |
| ĝle• | about, over |
| ĝleelş• | sheep (pl.) |
| ĝleeş• | why |
| ĝmël• | to do, to use (followed by b) |
| ĝosfour• | bird |
| ĝtaa• | to give, to deem reasonable |
| ĝëssleeme• | Hello, Welcome |
| ĝđam• | eggs, bone |
| ğaabe• | forest |
| ğaadi• | there |
| ğaalt• | wrong, incorrect, inaccurate |
| ğbaar• | dust |
| ğeir• | it's just that, missing [noun] |
| ğlot• | to commit a fallacy/violation, to be incorrect |
| ğodue• | tomorrow |
| ħaare• | a group of four |
| ħaarr• | spicy |
| ħaaz• | to obstruct |
| ħadd• | person, no one |
| ħajre• | stone |
| ħallouf• | hog, boar |
| ħammel• | to hug |
| ħaqq• | right, amount of money |
| ħasilo• | anyways |
| ħayween• | animal |
| ħbal• | rope |
| ħbaq• | basil |
| ħbel• | to be pregnant |
| ħjar• | rock |
| ħmee• | to protect, father-in-law |
| ħmeet• | mother-in-law |
| ħmo• | in-laws |
| ħnaş• | snake, cop |
| ħokke• | can |
| ħorreiqe• | cnidarian, nettle |
| ħout• | fish |
| ħyee• | to feel alive |
| ħyeet• | life |
| ħëbb• | to want, to love, to like |
| ħëbb ĝle • | to need |
| ħşeiş• | grass |
| Şkobbe• | Tunisian Scopa; Shkobba |
| ş-• | question particle, what ... |
| şaanti• | construction site |
| şajre• | tree |
| şams• | sun |
| şatt• | shore, the sand side of the beach |
| şatte• | to be winter |
| şaí• | thing, nothing |
| şeef• | to look, boss |
| şeiĝe• | shiia |
| şekli• | chewing gum |
| şenue• | Chinese |
| şhar• | to make famous, month |
| şkoun• | who/whom, someone |
| şleeke• | flip-flop |
| şnaħweelk• | how are you doing? |
| şnoume• | what (pl.) |
| şníe• | what (fm.) |
| şnúe• | what (ms.) |
| şoklaate• | chocolate |
| şouf• | Look! |
| şqaf• | glass containor |
| şraab• | alcohol, beverage |
| şrab• | to drink |
| şroubo• | syrup, concentrated natural based kool-aid |
| ştee• | winter |
| şuaíe• | few |
| şĝar• | hair |
| ŧalj• | snow |
| ŧmeenin• | eighty |
| ŧmënie• | eight |
| ŧnein• | Monday, two |
| ŧníe• | path |
| ŧoum• | garlic |
| ꝁaaf• | to fear, to be scared |
| ꝁaatr• | because, as |
| ꝁaayb• | bad |
| ꝁaayꝁ• | fragile (structure) |
| ꝁaff• | to become light |
| ꝁalla• | let, leave smth. |
| ꝁalles• | to pay |
| ꝁamse• | five |
| ꝁamsin• | fifty |
| ꝁeir• | better |
| ꝁenzeir• | pig |
| ꝁfeif• | light, weightless |
| ꝁlaas• | never |
| ꝁlos• | to be paid, to be dealt with properly |
| ꝁmeire• | yeast |
| ꝁmeis• | Thursday |
| ꝁo• | brother |
| ꝁobz• | bread |
| ꝁreif• | fall (season) |
| ꝁsaare• | a loss |
| ꝁser• | to lose |
| ꝁzar• | to look |
| ꝁđee• | to take, to purchase, to marry |
| ꝁşam• | nose |