Amazigh (noun)
am-az-ig
Berber peoples, indigenous to North Africa who predate the Arabs. Amazighs have a distinct and separate language and culture and can now mostly be found in and south of the Atlas Mountains.
From Imazighen (Berber languages: ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ, ⵎⵣⵗⵏ)
Example sentences
“The Amazighs were some of the friendliest people we met en route,their hospitality overspilling their rudimentary homes.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
