Where does “tabennayt” come from?

tabennayt (Tarifit) comes from Arabic بناية, from Arabic بَنَى, from Arabic ن, from Arabic نِي.

tabennayt (Tarifit): female mason, female bricklayer; female builder

Definitions

  1. female mason, female bricklayer; female builder

Ancestry of “tabennayt”, step by step

tabennayt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بناية

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبنايةverbal noun of بَنَى; building
2Arabicبَنَىto build, to erect, to construct; to build, to...
3ArabicنSuffix marking the short or long energetic mood...
4Arabicنِي

via Tarifit abennay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarifitabennaymason, bricklayer; builder
2Moroccan Arabicبنايmason; builder
3Arabicبَنَّاءthe builder; bricklayer; the bricklayer

via Tarifit t- -t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarifitt- -t
2Proto-Berber*ta- -t
Every word from Arabic نِيEvery word from Arabic نEvery word from Arabic بَنَى